Standards and Standards Bodies

Web Architecture and Information Management [./]
Summer 2011 — INFO 153 (CCN 42509)

Erik Wilde, Dilan Mahendran, and Brad Andrews, UC Berkeley School of Information
2011-07-06

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Contents Erik Wilde, Dilan Mahendran, and Brad Andrews: Standards and Standards Bodies

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Erik Wilde, Dilan Mahendran, and Brad Andrews: Standards and Standards Bodies

(2) Abstract

The Web is composed of standards: rules and practices to which technologies must adhere if they are to be considered part of the Web. Most of these standards are developed by standards bodies, organizations that publish documents defining Web technologies. But sometimes standards develop more organically, from technologies that become popular and are widely implemented without a formal process. However they arise, Web standards are critical for the existence of the Web, and they can have enormous economic and societal impact.



What are Standards?

Outline (What are Standards?)

  1. What are Standards? [7]
  2. Internet & Web Standards [6]
  3. Administrative Details [2]

(4) What is a standard?

Standard kilogram

(5) 2 kinds of standards



(6) De jure standards

Source: Egyedi & Blind, The Dynamics of Standards [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181927876], 2-3.


(7) De facto standards

Source: Egyedi & Blind, The Dynamics of Standards [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181927876], 2-3.


(8) Standards Life Cycle

Standards Lifecycle

Source:Tineke M. Egyedi, Knut Blind,The Dynamics of Standards, p. 5 [http://books.google.com/books?id=IXkX8WKG24gC]



(9) How standards are used



(10) Discussion



Internet & Web Standards

Outline (Internet & Web Standards)

  1. What are Standards? [7]
  2. Internet & Web Standards [6]
  3. Administrative Details [2]

(12) RFCs



(13) MUST / SHOULD / MAY



(14) The W3C

World Wide Web Consortium Logo [http://www.w3.org]

(15) The W3C Standards Process



(16) The WHATWG



(17) Standards are Serious Stuff



Administrative Details

Outline (Administrative Details)

  1. What are Standards? [7]
  2. Internet & Web Standards [6]
  3. Administrative Details [2]

(19) Assignment #1



(20) Next week: HTML, CSS, Web Servers & Browsers

Next week we will begin looking at Web standards in detail, starting with HTML (the HyperText Markup Language), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), and the basics of Web servers and Web Browsers..



2011-07-06 Web Architecture and Information Management [./]
Summer 2011 — INFO 153 (CCN 42509)