World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and XHTML

http://www.w3.org/

The W3C is an international consortium working to develop web standards. Its director is Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the World Wide Web. Information on XHTML includes a history, specifications, public drafts, XHTML basic, modularization of XHTML, module-based XHTML and the XHTML-Print. Additional links are provided to other resources such as articles and books.

W3C XHTML Working Group Home Page

http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/

Home page for the XHTML Working Group from the W3C. Resources include a list of the most current news items; and links for obtaining joining information, news, specs (for XHTML and HTML4), public drafts, test suits, tutorials, slides, guidelines, validation, articles, translations, charter, participants, roadmap, XForms, forums, HTML Tidy, HTML 4.0/3.2/2.0 and historical information. Explanations about what HTML and XHTML are and the mission of the XHTML 2 Working Group. A Recommendations (what a specification is given when a consensus of W3C members determine it is ready for widespread use) list that includes XHTML 1.0, HTML 4.01, XHTML Basic, Modularization of XHTML, XHTML 1.1 (module-based XHTML), XHTML-Print and XML Events. A list of Public Drafts includes the HTML Working Group Roadmap, XHTML 2.0, XHTML+MathML+SVG Profile, XFrames, HLink, XHTML Media Types, XHTML 1.0 in XML Schema and Modularization of XHTML in XML Schema. Authoring guidelines include the W3C Markup Validation Service, discussion forums and related W3C work.

W3C FAQ Page

http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=xhtml+2.0+blog&sp-a=sp1000a5a9&sp-f=ISO-8859-1&sp-t=general&sp-x-1=cat&sp-q-1=&sp-x-2=cat2&sp-q-2=&sp-c=25&sp-p=a

The W3C’s FAQ page. Topics include why XHTML is needed, advantages of XHTML, converting HTML documents to XHTML documents, browsers, document verification, namespaces, CSS rules in XHTML, and modularization use.

XHTML and HTML Internationalization FAQ

http://www.w3.org/International/geo/html-tech/outline/html-authoring-outline

The W3C’s authoring techniques for XHTML and HTML Internationalization FAQ page. Topics include declaring the text processing language, specifying primary language metadata, choosing language values, in-document language changes, language of a link destination, page encoding, and bidirectional text.