Because there's a difference between normative standards (ISO etc., in
some legal environment), and best-practise (W3C and the web world - it
works with RFC's on the elementary level, but unfortunately not on the
surface).
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Jay wrote:
I don't know how this is true as we can only really know our role
within a small portion of the www community within society.
I see your point and I can't but agree, partly because I didn't really
stated clearly what my point was, this in the first place, and secondly
because... yeah,
Paolo Dodet wrote:
Lachlan wrote:
The
problem is that many people see the issue as "what will happen if I
don't follow standards?"; whereas the questions they should be asking
are "what are the benefits of following standards?", "how much
easier/faster is it to develop wit
Lachlan wrote:
The problem is that many people see the issue as "what will happen if Idon't follow standards?"; whereas the questions they should be asking
are "what are the benefits of following standards?", "how mucheasier/faster is it to develop with standards?", etc.
If the whole matter were
James Bennett wrote:
And yet, in many other industries, "I was doing my best" would be
considered a completely unacceptable response from a contractor who
failed to adhere to the standards of that industry. If, for example, a
construction firm puts up a skyscraper that doesn't adhere to buildin
