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From: Jim Homme
Date: Tue, Mar 06 2018 12:55PM
Subject: HTML Reference
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Hi,
I tend to gravitate to the HTML reference at W3Schools.com. I want to know if there is a more valid one to use, and hopefully quick to look things up such as valid attributes for tags.
Thanks.
Jim
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From: Beranek, Nicholas
Date: Tue, Mar 06 2018 1:07PM
Subject: Re: HTML Reference
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Hi Jim, I prefer MDN Web Docs, aka Mozilla Developer Network. I find them trustworthy and that they write according to specifications. You can find them at the following link: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/
Nick Beranek
Capital One
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Hi,
I tend to gravitate to the HTML reference at W3Schools.com. I want to know if there is a more valid one to use, and hopefully quick to look things up such as valid attributes for tags.
Thanks.
Jim
========= Jim Homme
Product Manager
Digital Accessibility
Bender Consulting Services
412-787-8567
https://www.benderconsult.com/our%20services/hightest-accessible-technology-solutions
People with disabilities, access job openings at https://www.benderconsult.com/careers/job-openings
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From: Josh Schroder
Date: Tue, Mar 06 2018 1:07PM
Subject: Re: HTML Reference
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Hi Jim,
The most authoritative source of HTML reference material will be the actual specifications published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
HTML 5 -- https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/
HTML 4 -- https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/
XHTML 1 -- https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/
These may be less friendly to read than the W3Schools pages, but they will have more detail and will be infinitely more authoritative.
It's important to note that "recommendations" on the W3C website are specifications that have been vetted by the community and have received the endorsement of W3C, whereas "working drafts" are still in the process of being reviewed.
Hope that's helpful.
Josh Schroder
Web Administrator III
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Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Tue, Mar 06 2018 2:48PM
Subject: Re: HTML Reference
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Noting that both HTML4 and XHTML are obsolete and that HTML5 has gone
through several iterations, I would suggest that the best URL to use is
HTML 5 -- https://www.w3.org/TR/html/
as this always points to the latest version of HTML at the W3C, currently:
HTML 5.2
W3C Recommendation, 14 December 2017
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On 6 March 2018 at 20:07, Josh Schroder < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> The most authoritative source of HTML reference material will be the
> actual specifications published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
>
> HTML 5 -- https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/
> HTML 4 -- https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/
> XHTML 1 -- https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/
>
> These may be less friendly to read than the W3Schools pages, but they will
> have more detail and will be infinitely more authoritative.
>
> It's important to note that "recommendations" on the W3C website are
> specifications that have been vetted by the community and have received the
> endorsement of W3C, whereas "working drafts" are still in the process of
> being reviewed.
>
> Hope that's helpful.
>
> Josh Schroder
> Web Administrator III
> Office of Strategic Communication
> Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
> (512) 936-8937
>
>
From: Osmo Saarikumpu
Date: Tue, Mar 06 2018 11:04PM
Subject: Re: HTML Reference
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On 06/03/2018 21:55, Jim Homme wrote:
> I tend to gravitate to the HTML reference at W3Schools.com. I want to know if there is a more valid one to use, and hopefully quick to look things up such as valid attributes for tags.
Perhaps you'll find the following indexes handy:
https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/fullindex.html
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element
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Best wishes, Osmo