Hi all,
Now we are getting to the core of it! What we need is ISO
standardisation
for web development! Something like the famous ISO 9000. Quality
Control!
I an hoping that is an ironic exclamation mark.
If you want to be a Quality Accredited web development business,
you need to
follow a strict line of internationally recognised standards. Of
course you
can go off track and do the usual shabby invalid HTML crap, but for
the
serious people an ISO is the perfect solution.
for very wealthy organisations ISO9000 is a ludicrous amount of
paperwork required to pick up certain government contracts and so on,
excluding many smaller providers. It's the last thing the web needs IMO.
BTW, there is an ISO version of HTML if you really want to use it.
The beauty of the web is its bottom up nature
You can largely do automated testing for quality - valid CSS, HTML,
WAI compliance - using open source tools, for free.
All I can say is, based on a lot of recent auditing, quality of this
nature is exceedingly rare in major Australian sites.
You'll hear more about that at WE045
john
John Allsopp
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