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<h2 id="intro">Intro to Standards</h2>
<p>The W3C <a href="/Consortium/Process/tr">technical report development process</a> is the set of steps and requirements followed by W3C Working Groups to standardize Web technology. Through this process, W3C seeks to maximize consensus about the content of a technical report, to ensure high technical and editorial quality, to promote consistency among <a href="/TR/">specifications</a>, and to earn endorsement by W3C and the broader community. Learn more in the <a href="/2005/10/Process-20051014/intro">introduction to the W3C Process</a>.</p>
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W3C offers:</p>
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thinkers;</li><li>a well-defined, Royalty-Free <a href="/Consortium/Patent/">Patent Policy</a> (<a href="/2004/02/05-patentsummary.html">policy summary</a>, <a href="/2004/03/pp-points-20040210.html">business benefits</a>, <a href="/2003/12/22-pp-faq.html">FAQ</a>);</li><li>a full-time <a href="/People/">staff</a> of
world experts on Web technology, including the
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Web</a> as the Director of the organization;</li><li>an effective infrastructure and tools to
facilitate meetings and the creation of
documents;</li><li>over 15 years of experience in standards
development embodied by a well-defined and
maintained <a href="/Consortium/Process/">process</a> that evolves as
community needs change.</li></ul>
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<li><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=long-live-the-web&print=true">Long live the web</a> (Scientific American, Nov 2010)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/2005/Talks/0518-stds-tbl/#[2]">The Economic Importance of Standards (slides)</a>, Tim Berners-Lee</li>
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<a href="http://lehors.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/a-standards-quality-case-study-w3c/">A Standards Quality Case Study: W3C</a>, Arnaud Le Hors
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<a href="http://www.openstandards.net/viewOSnet1C.jsp?showModuleName=businessCaseForOpenStandards">
Business Case for Open Standards</a>, Erik
Silman</li><li>
<a href="http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/000266.php">
The Business Value of Web Standards</a>, Jeffrey
Veen</li><li>
<a href="http://www.webstandards.org/learn/faq/#p3">What
are the advances of using standards?</a>, Web
Standards Project</li>
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<a href="http://icant.co.uk/webstandardsforbusiness/">Business
Case for Web Standards Wiki</a>
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<a href="/WAI/bcase/">Developing a Web
Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization:
Overview</a> , W3C Web Accessibility
Initiative</li><li>
<a href="http://www.webaccessstrategies.com/blog/id/making-the-business-case-for-web-standards/">
Making the business case for web standards</a>, Web
Access Strategies</li><li>
<a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/csstalking/">CSS
Talking Points: Selling Clients on Web
Standards</a>, Greg Kise</li>
<li>Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)'s
<a href="http://publications.apec.org/publication-detail.php?pub_id=1032">Standardization: Fundamentals, Impact, and Business Strategy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.consortiuminfo.org/metalibrary/">Standards <Meta> Library</a></li>
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<p>Below are listed some resources that discuss standards-based Web design.</p>
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<li><a href="http://validator.w3.org/">W3C's HTML validator</a>, which links to other validators (CSS, RSS, Atom, MobileOK) and tools (to find broken links, etc.)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/QA/Library/#websitequality">Web Site Quality</a>, a list of articles from the W3C Quality Assurance Activity</li>
<li><a href="/QA/2002/07/WebAgency-Requirements">Buy standards compliant Web sites</a>, W3C Quality Assurance Activity</li>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/WAI/gettingstarted/">Introducing Web accessibility</a> and
<a href="/WAI/eval/">evaluating accessibility</a>, <a href="/WAI/">W3C Web Accessibility Initiative</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/International/technique-index">Internationalization techniques</a>, <a href="/International/">W3C Internationalization Activity</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.webstandards.org/learn/faq/">Reources from the Open Web Education Alliance (OWEA)</a>, including
<a href="http://interact.webstandards.org/">curricula</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.webstandards.org/learn/faq/">What are web standards and why should I use them?</a>, Web Standards Project FAQ</li>
<li><a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/alphabet/">A Standardista’s Alphabet</a>, Jack Pickard for A List Apart</li>
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