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Compliance and Verification of Documents

Review

1. Who creates the standards?

2. Are the standards mandatory for browser developers and for those who post content online?

Compliant XHTML/CSS

1. What do you need in order to make a document "verifiable"?

2. How can you "verify" a document?

Web Accessibility

1. What is web accessibility?

2. Why is web accessibility important?

3. How can you make a site more accessible?

Introduction to images on the web - including compression schemes

Formats

Main image formats for web publishing at this time: jpg, gif, png, svg (however the most accessible to older browsers are jpg and gif).

JPG

When to use: an image that has a lot of detail (like a photograph).

Algorithm used:

Pros and Cons:

GIF

When to use: an image that has broad areas of color, an animated image, or an image with transparency (when using png is not desirable)

Algorithm used:

Pros and Cons:

PNG

When to use:

Algorithm used:

Pros and Cons:

SVG

When to use:

Algorithm used:

Pros and Cons:

Size (visual and file size)

Compression

Copyright

Fair Use, Copyright Issues, Creative Commons

Introduction to wrapping text

Introduction to the anchor tag - including pseudo classes

Links

W3c: http://www.w3.org/

Web Accessibility: http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.php

Overview of Accessibility: http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/QuickTips/Overview.php

Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/

Homework

AIM Assignment 3

Reading

ZEN: Chapter 1, pages 34-45

XHTML: Chapter 5, pages 83-98; Chapter 6, 104-115, Chapter 7, pages 117-132