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“conformance” News Archive

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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
hihtml (j9t)207
packages, npm, html, links, link-rot, minification, html-minifier, optimization, quality
AI and HTML: Validating, Omitting Optional Code, and Minifying as Token Optimization (j9t)206
ai, token-optimization, html, minimalism, minification, optimization
How to Improve Your HTML Game (j9t)205
how-tos, html, learning, career
Accessible Faux-Nested Interactive Controls (eri/pic)204
accessibility, html, nesting
How Can You Tell What’s Allowed Inside Each HTML Element? (rus)203
html
The Two Most Important Tools for HTML Developers202
tooling, html, minification, html-minifier, htmlnano, swc
What’s Wrong With This HTML, and Is It Valid? (pat/mat)201
html, standards, web-platform
HTML—the Most Difficult Programming Language in the World (j9t)200
programming, html, professionalism
Understanding the Removal of 4.1.1 Parsing in WCAG 2.2 (tpg)199
accessibility, wcag, html
2025: 0 of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML (j9t)198
html, metrics, quality, craft
Conformance vs. Compliance, Accessibility Standards Edition (hdv)197
accessibility, standards, compliance, terminology, comparisons, wcag
When HTML Speaks Clearly196
html, accessibility, semantics
Why and How to Write Minimal and Valid HTML, a Link Guide (j9t)195
html, minimalism, how-tos, guides, link-lists
Google: Many Top Sites Have Invalid HTML and Still Rank (mat/sea)194
google, html, quality, seo
How Often Should We Speak About HTML Conformance? (j9t)193
html, metrics
Mastering HTML: The Art of Minimal and Valid Code in Professional Web Development (AI Edition) (j9t)192
guest-posts, html, minimalism, semantics, interoperability, accessibility, standards
A Review of HTML Linters191
overviews, html, linting, tooling, link-lists, comparisons
DeepSeek and HTML (j9t)190
ai, deepseek, html, minimalism
Testing 10 JavaScript Frameworks on Their HTML Defaults (j9t)189
frameworks, javascript, html, comparisons, link-lists
HTML Conformance: A Comparison of 6.5 npm Validator Packages (With 1.5 Recommendations) (j9t)188
html, tooling, npm, comparisons
Where Has All the Valid HTML Gone (j9t)187
html, quality
2024: 0.5% of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML (j9t)186
html, metrics, quality, craft
Test-Driving HTML Templates (xpm/mfo)185
html, templates, testing, server-side-rendering
We Need to Talk More About Conformance, if We Want to Stop Fantasy HTML (j9t)184
html, craft, quality
Level-Setting Heading Levels (aar)183
headings, semantics, accessibility, aria
Upgrade Your HTML V (j9t/fro)182
books, frontend-dogma, html, minimalism, craft
9 Signs Your Frontend Code Has Quality Issues That Affect Your Users (ang)181
quality, craft, accessibility, usability, user-experience, performance
Complete a VPAT: Show How Accessible Your Product Is (deq)180
accessibility, vpat-acr, documentation
How-To: 5 Steps to Detect Invalid HTML Breaking Your [Site’s Performance] (erw)179
how-tos, html, performance
How Invalid HTML Elements Impact Web Performance (erw)178
html, performance
My Web Development Wishlist 2024 (j9t)177
community, user-experience, developer-experience, quality, wish-lists
HTML Validation—Pros and Cons176
html
The Top Accessibility Errors Found in 2023 (tpg)175
accessibility, quality, errors, retrospectives
Do You Really Need to Validate Your HTML Code?174
discussions, html
2023: 0 of the Global Top 100 Websites Use Valid HTML (j9t)173
html, css, metrics, quality
Why Unique ID Attributes Matter (deq)172
accessibility, html, attributes
On the Uniting Power of a Commitment to HTML Conformance (j9t)171
html, quality, community, web
Welcome WCAG 2.2 and Goodbye Success Criterion 4.1.1 “Parsing” (cer)170
accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 and Validation169
accessibility, wcag, quality
The Most Minimal Valid HTML Document (j9t)168
html, minimalism, templates
User Input Sanitization and Validation: Securing Your App167
security, sanitization, validation
How to Validate HTML On-Line at W3C (wie)166
how-tos, html, tooling
Resources for Procurement of Accessible Digital Products and VPAT (den)165
accessibility, vpat-acr, tooling, link-lists
Meeting WCAG Level AAA (pat/tet)164
accessibility, wcag, standards
A Quick Guide to Reviewing a VPAT ACR (kar)163
accessibility, vpat-acr, auditing
Conformance and Accessibility (j9t)162
accessibility, quality
The Troublesome Life and Lamentable Death of Success Criterion 4.1.1161
accessibility, wcag, standards
Enforcing Better HTML Markup With Eleventy (mat)160
html, semantics, eleventy
Upgrade Your HTML IV (j9t/fro)159
books, frontend-dogma, html, minimalism, craft
Two Things I Learned by Validating My HTML Again158
html, lessons
Invalid CSS (cit)157
css
2022: 0 of the Global Top 100 Websites Use Valid HTML (j9t)156
html, css, metrics, quality, craft
Icon-Only Links Fail WCAG (tem)155
accessibility, links, wcag, images, icons
Top 2021 CSS Frameworks Report: Validation (cit)154
studies, research, frameworks, css, quality
Does Valid and Semantic HTML Still Matter? (5t3+)153
podcasts, html, semantics
Understanding the W3C’s Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Requirements152
accessibility, testing
Web Accessibility Lawsuits Dramatically Rose in 2021151
accessibility, legal
WCAG and Accessibility: What Is a Statement of Partial Conformance?150
accessibility, wcag
The 3-Second Frontend Developer Test (j9t)149
html, css, quality
Why Validate? (j9t)148
html, css, quality, craft
2021: 98% of the Top 100 US Websites Use Invalid HTML (j9t)147
html, css, metrics, quality, craft
Upgrade Your HTML III (j9t/fro)146
books, frontend-dogma, html, minimalism, craft
Upgrade Your HTML II (j9t/fro)145
books, frontend-dogma, html, minimalism, craft
Upgrade Your HTML (the Booklet) (j9t)144
books, html, minimalism, craft
No EPUBCheck, no EPUB (w3c)143
epub, tooling
HTML-validate142
websites, tooling, html
JSON Validation by Committee141
ruby, json, validation
A Vision of Web Development (j9t)140
outlooks, minimalism, semantics, maintainability
10 Typical HTML Interview Exercises139
html, interviewing, semantics, aria
Getting Started With HTML5138
introductions, html, browsers, code-editors, dev-tools
Google HTML/CSS Style Guide (j9t)137
google, html, css, style-guides, quality, principles, formatting, naming, sorting
New W3C Validation Service With RDFa 1.1 and Microdata (iva/w3c)136
w3c, tooling, html, rdf, microdata
Validation: Measuring and Tracking Code Quality (j9t)135
html, css, quality, metrics
But It Doesn’t Validate134
html, css, vendor-extensions
The Value of HTML Validation (nza)133
html
CSS Validation and Vendor Extensions: Throw Warnings, Not Errors (j9t)132
css, vendor-extensions
W3C Validation: It’s Not Just About Rankings131
w3c, html, css, tooling, seo
Let’s Make Every Day One Web Day! (w3c)130
awareness-days, web, accessibility, internationalization, mobile
The Big CSS3 Validation Debate129
css, vendor-extensions
Absent Elements and Validation (htm)128
html, attributes
10 Ways to Make Your XHTML Site Accessible Using Web Standards (mri/sma)127
xhtml, accessibility, standards
14 Free Tools to Validate Your HTML, CSS, and RSS Feeds (sea)126
html, css, rss, tooling, link-lists
When Good Browsers Go Bad—and They All Do (com)125
standards, support, internet-explorer, browsers
The Two Great Things About Validation/Conformance (j9t)124
html, css, quality, craft
Valid Sites Work Better (?) (oli/w3c)123
html, css
HTML 5: Document Conformance (w3c)122
html
W3C Validators in Jeopardy (mho)121
w3c, tooling
W3C Markup Validation Service Adds Experimental HTML5 Support120
w3c, tooling, html
W3C Validator, Now With HTML5 Flavour (oli/w3c)119
w3c, html, tooling
Five HTML Oddities That You May Not Know118
html, browsers
12 Principles for Clean HTML Code (chr/sma)117
html, principles, encoding, formatting, naming, css
Opera Study: Only 4.13% of the Web Is Standards-Compliant (ars)116
studies, research, opera, standards, semantics
Where Our Standards Went Wrong (bee/ali)115
standards, quality
When Validation Becomes Unimportant (j9t)114
html, css, optimization, craft
Using Flash and Staying Standards Compliant (chr/css)113
flash, embed-code, jquery
Conforming “target” Attribute (lac)112
html, attributes, pop-ups
A Validator Is Not an Accessibility Evaluation Tool? (w3c)111
discussions, html, accessibility, alt-text, images, tooling
Google Can’t Code110
google, html, quality
What Beautiful HTML Code Looks Like (chr/css)109
html, attributes, semantics, formatting
The Craft of HTML (kar/w3c)108
html, craft
Top Blogs Fail W3C Markup Validation (bpe)107
html, metrics
Fixing the Web… Together! (kar/w3c)106
html, xhtml, css, standards, quality
An HTML5 Conformance Checker (hsi)105
studies, html, parsing, history
“Valid CSS” and Similar Claims Are Unprofessional (j9t)104
html, css, wcag, professionalism
Validator Web Service Interface Ideas (hsi)103
web-services, tooling
W3C Markup Validator, Link Checker Updated102
w3c, html, xhtml, links, link-rot, user-experience, tooling
Bulletproof HTML: 37 Steps to Perfect Markup101
html, xhtml, encoding, unicode, character-references, semantics
Unicorn Sighting (Public Preview) (don/w3c)100
w3c, tooling, quality
The Web Accessibility Myth in the UK99
accessibility, wcag, compliance, html, css, myths
Following the XHTML Path98
xhtml, link-lists
Why Comply? The Movement to W3C Compliance97
w3c, standards
Buy Standards Compliant Web Sites (kar/w3c)96
standards, compliance, professionalism, economics
New W3C Feed Validation Service (oli)95
discussions, w3c, syndication, rss, atom, tooling
Character References Explained (lac)94
html, unicode, character-references
Ten Steps to a More User Friendly Website93
flash, performance, images, compression, link-rot, html, browsers, support, navigation, readability, quality
Testing Invalid Content With Accessibility Validators92
accessibility, testing, tooling, compliance, wave
Validation Quiz Explanation (lac)91
quizzes, html, xhtml, xml
Markup Content Models (ann)90
html
Character Encodings and Input89
unicode, character-references, php
Ampersands, PHP Sessions, and Valid HTML (w3c)88
html, php, character-references
Validating an Entire Site87
tooling, w3c
Scripting Away Validation Concerns86
xhtml, attributes, standards, javascript
On Valid CSS (ann)85
css
Web Standards vs. Search Friendly Sites: Can You Have Both?84
standards, css, seo
Validating a Custom DTD (jde/ali)83
xhtml
Why Standards-Compliant HTML Matters82
standards, html
The Four Essentials of Modern Web Design81
fundamentals, accessibility, semantics, principles, quality
Standards (ann)80
standards, html, xhtml, xml
Web Standards Compliant JavaScript Flash Detect and Embed79
flash, feature-detection, javascript
Web Standards = 100% Validation?78
standards
Does W3C Validation Help In Search Rankings?77
w3c, html, seo
Quick Guide to XHTML (ann)76
guides, xhtml, html, mime-types, unicode
Validator Does Not Catch Certain Types of Invalid XHTML Markup75
xhtml, dreamweaver, code-editors
HTML, XHTML, Semantics, and the Future of the Web (joh)74
html, xhtml, semantics, web, outlooks, comparisons
Design Sites Do Web Standards73
design, standards
Integrated Web Design: Seven Deadly Markup Sins (mho)72
design, encoding, doctypes, attributes, character-references, html, xhtml
XHTML Is Invalid HTML (ann)71
xhtml, html
Canadian Election Web Sites Flunk Standards Test70
standards, accessibility, compliance, examples
Influence of Valid Code on Screen Readers69
html, screen-readers, accessibility
A Roadmap to Standards (dav)68
standards, css, xml, xhtml, learning, link-lists
CSS Validation (dav)67
css
CSS Validator Is Broken (zel)66
css, tooling, w3c, hacks
The Daily Standards65
websites, standards, metrics, comparisons
Error Handling and Web Language Design64
errors, standards, html
WaSP Interviews Todd Dominey (wa)63
interviews, standards, refactoring, processes, css, html
The Importance of Code Validation (joh)62
standards, html, xhtml, css
This Validates (sim)61
semantics, xhtml
On Standards and Semantics (sto)60
standards, semantics
Semantics and Bad Code (dav)59
html, xhtml, semantics
Standards Don’t Necessarily Have Anything to Do With Being Semantically Correct (kot)58
standards, semantics, html, xhtml, css
W3C Buttons Without Images57
w3c, xhtml, css
Choosing Standards Compliance Over Proprietary Practices56
standards, interoperability, user-experience, quality
”HTML Validation” Is a Good Tool, but Just a Tool55
html, doctypes
ESPN Moves Forward With Standards54
standards, case-studies
URLs vs. XHTML (dav)53
urls, xhtml
Validate XML Against Multiple Schemas (dan)52
xml
Effects of CSS-Based Design (dav)51
html, css, performance
W3C Updates Validation Service50
html, xhtml, xml, tooling, w3c
Flash Satay: Embedding Flash While Supporting Standards (dre/ali)49
flash, embed-code
W3C Members: What Standards? (zdn)48
w3c, html, quality, standards
Things Can Only Get Better47
html, standards, w3c, metrics
Valid Garbage In, Valid Garbage Out: Answers46
html, semantics
Buy Standards Compliant Web Sites (don/w3c)45
standards, compliance, maintainability, accessibility, business-relations, economics
Anil Dash Does Amazon (sim)44
html, case-studies
Valid Garbage In, Valid Garbage Out43
html, css
Better Living Through XHTML (zel/ali)42
xhtml, html
HTML Syntax Checker in PHP (hsi)41
html, php, tooling
Any Browser vs. WaSP—Battle of the Purists40
html, netscape, browsers, web-standards-project
“Forgiving” Browsers Considered Harmful (jde/ali)39
html, xhtml, wysiwyg, parsing
Validating XML in Internet Explorer38
xml, internet-explorer
Conformance Testing for XML Processors37
xml, testing
Purism vs. Layout—the Holy War36
layout, html, sgml, outlooks
Validators35
html, quality, tooling, link-lists
AMP Validator34
tools, analysis, amp, google
CSS Validator (w3c)33
tools, analysis, css
DAML Validator32
tools, analysis
Facebook Validator31
tools, analysis, facebook+meta
hCard Validator30
tools, analysis, microformats
HTML Validator (w3c)29
tools, analysis, html
LinkedIn Validator28
tools, analysis, social-media
P3P Validator (w3c)27
tools, analysis, privacy, p3p
robots.txt Validator (Merkle) (max)26
tools, analysis, seo, robotstxt
RSS and Atom Feed Validator (w3c)25
tools, analysis, rss, atom
SBML Validator24
tools, analysis
Sitemap Validator23
tools, analysis, sitemaps
SVG Validator22
tools, analysis, svg
XML-RPC Validator21
tools, analysis, xml
XML Validator20
tools, analysis, xml
Content Security Policy Validator (CSP Validator)19
tools, analysis, security, csp
Content Security Policy Validator (Google)18
tools, analysis, security, csp
Unquoted Attribute Value Validator (mat)17
tools, exploration, auditing, debugging, html, attributes
HTML Nesting Checker16
tools, exploration, optimization, html, nesting
JSON Validator (JSON Compare)15
tools, exploration, optimization, json
JSON Validator (JSONLint)14
tools, exploration, optimization, json
YAML Validator13
tools, exploration, optimization, yaml
ISBN Checker and Formatter12
tools, exploration
AMP Bulk Validator (max)11
tools, analysis, amp, google
JavaScript Validator10
tools, exploration, optimization, javascript
WebVTT Validator (w3c)9
tools, exploration, optimization, captions, accessibility
JavaScript Variable Name Validator (mat)8
tools, exploration, optimization, javascript
SHACL Validator7
tools, analysis, structured-data
Design Token Validator (and)6
tools, exploration, optimization, design-tokens
robots.txt Validator (Logeix)5
tools, analysis, seo, robotstxt
Twitter/X Validator4
tools, analysis, social-media, twitter+x
EPUB Validator3
tools, exploration, epub
XML Well-Formedness Checker and Validator2
tools, analysis, xml
XML Schema Validator1
tools, analysis, xml