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“conformance” News Archive

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Entry (Sources) and Additional TopicsDate#
HTML Semantics in Practice: Building More Accessible and Maintainable Web Pages235
html, semantics, accessibility, maintainability, keyboard-navigation, headings, forms, responsive-design, testing
2026: 2 of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML (j9t)234
html, metrics, quality, craft
hihtml (j9t)233
packages, npm, html, links, link-rot, minification, html-minifier, optimization, quality
AI and HTML: Validating, Omitting Optional Code, and Minifying as Token Optimization (j9t)232
ai, token-optimization, html, minimalism, minification, optimization
How to Improve Your HTML Game (j9t)231
how-tos, html, learning, career
Accessible Faux-Nested Interactive Controls (eri/pic)230
accessibility, html, nesting
How Can You Tell What’s Allowed Inside Each HTML Element? (rus)229
html
The Two Most Important Tools for HTML Developers228
tooling, html, minification, html-minifier, htmlnano, swc
What’s Wrong With This HTML, and Is It Valid? (pat/mat)227
html, standards, web-platform
HTML—the Most Difficult Programming Language in the World (j9t)226
programming, html, professionalism
Understanding the Removal of 4.1.1 Parsing in WCAG 2.2 (tpg)225
accessibility, wcag, html
2025: 0 of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML (j9t)224
html, metrics, quality, craft
Conformance vs. Compliance, Accessibility Standards Edition (hdv)223
accessibility, standards, compliance, terminology, comparisons, wcag
When HTML Speaks Clearly222
html, accessibility, semantics
Why and How to Write Minimal and Valid HTML, a Link Guide (j9t)221
html, minimalism, how-tos, guides, link-lists
Google: Many Top Sites Have Invalid HTML and Still Rank (mat/sea)220
google, html, quality, seo
How Often Should We Speak About HTML Conformance? (j9t)219
html, metrics
Mastering HTML: The Art of Minimal and Valid Code in Professional Web Development (AI Edition) (j9t)218
guest-posts, html, minimalism, semantics, interoperability, accessibility, standards
A Review of HTML Linters217
overviews, html, linting, tooling, link-lists, comparisons
DeepSeek and HTML (j9t)216
ai, deepseek, html, minimalism
Testing 10 JavaScript Frameworks on Their HTML Defaults (j9t)215
frameworks, javascript, html, comparisons, link-lists
HTML Conformance: A Comparison of 6.5 npm Validator Packages (With 1.5 Recommendations) (j9t)214
html, tooling, npm, comparisons
Where Has All the Valid HTML Gone (j9t)213
html, quality
2024: 0.5% of the Global Top 200 Websites Use Valid HTML (j9t)212
html, metrics, quality, craft
Test-Driving HTML Templates (xpm/mfo)211
html, templates, testing, server-side-rendering
We Need to Talk More About Conformance, if We Want to Stop Fantasy HTML (j9t)210
html, craft, quality
Level-Setting Heading Levels (aar)209
headings, semantics, accessibility, aria
Upgrade Your HTML V (j9t/dxs)208
books, frontend-dogma, html, minimalism, craft
9 Signs Your Frontend Code Has Quality Issues That Affect Your Users (ang)207
quality, craft, accessibility, usability, user-experience, performance
Complete a VPAT: Show How Accessible Your Product Is (deq)206
accessibility, vpat-acr, documentation
How-To: 5 Steps to Detect Invalid HTML Breaking Your [Site’s Performance] (erw)205
how-tos, html, performance
How Invalid HTML Elements Impact Web Performance (erw)204
html, performance
My Web Development Wishlist 2024 (j9t)203
community, user-experience, developer-experience, quality, wish-lists
HTML Validation—Pros and Cons202
html
The Top Accessibility Errors Found in 2023 (tpg)201
accessibility, quality, errors, retrospectives
Do You Really Need to Validate Your HTML Code?200
discussions, html
2023: 0 of the Global Top 100 Websites Use Valid HTML (j9t)199
html, css, metrics, quality
Why Unique ID Attributes Matter (deq)198
accessibility, html, attributes
On the Uniting Power of a Commitment to HTML Conformance (j9t)197
html, quality, community, web
Welcome WCAG 2.2 and Goodbye Success Criterion 4.1.1 “Parsing” (cer)196
accessibility, wcag
WCAG 2.2 and Validation195
accessibility, wcag, quality
The Most Minimal Valid HTML Document (j9t)194
html, minimalism, templates
User Input Sanitization and Validation: Securing Your App193
security, sanitization, validation
How to Validate HTML On-Line at W3C (wie)192
how-tos, html, tooling
Resources for Procurement of Accessible Digital Products and VPAT (den)191
accessibility, vpat-acr, tooling, link-lists
Meeting WCAG Level AAA (pat/tet)190
accessibility, wcag, standards
A Quick Guide to Reviewing a VPAT ACR (kar)189
accessibility, vpat-acr, auditing
Conformance and Accessibility (j9t)188
accessibility, quality
The Troublesome Life and Lamentable Death of Success Criterion 4.1.1187
accessibility, wcag, standards
Enforcing Better HTML Markup With Eleventy (mat)186
html, semantics, eleventy
Upgrade Your HTML IV (j9t/dxs)185
books, frontend-dogma, html, minimalism, craft
Two Things I Learned by Validating My HTML Again184
html, lessons
Invalid CSS (cit)183
css
2022: 0 of the Global Top 100 Websites Use Valid HTML (j9t)182
html, css, metrics, quality, craft
Icon-Only Links Fail WCAG (tem)181
accessibility, links, wcag, images, icons
Top 2021 CSS Frameworks Report: Validation (cit)180
studies, research, frameworks, css, quality
Does Valid and Semantic HTML Still Matter? (5t3+)179
podcasts, html, semantics
Understanding the W3C’s Accessibility Conformance Testing (ACT) Requirements178
accessibility, testing
Web Accessibility Lawsuits Dramatically Rose in 2021177
accessibility, legal
WCAG and Accessibility: What Is a Statement of Partial Conformance?176
accessibility, wcag
The 3-Second Frontend Developer Test (j9t)175
html, css, quality
Why Validate? (j9t)174
html, css, quality, craft
2021: 98% of the Top 100 US Websites Use Invalid HTML (j9t)173
html, css, metrics, quality, craft
Upgrade Your HTML III (j9t/dxs)172
books, frontend-dogma, html, minimalism, craft
Upgrade Your HTML II (j9t/dxs)171
books, frontend-dogma, html, minimalism, craft
Upgrade Your HTML (the Booklet) (j9t)170
books, html, minimalism, craft
No EPUBCheck, no EPUB (w3c)169
epub, tooling
HTML-validate168
websites, tooling, html
JSON Validation by Committee167
ruby, json, validation
A Vision of Web Development (j9t)166
outlooks, minimalism, semantics, maintainability
10 Typical HTML Interview Exercises165
html, interviewing, semantics, aria
Getting Started With HTML5164
introductions, html, browsers, code-editors, dev-tools
Google HTML/CSS Style Guide (j9t)163
google, html, css, style-guides, quality, principles, formatting, naming, sorting
New W3C Validation Service With RDFa 1.1 and Microdata (iva/w3c)162
w3c, tooling, html, rdf, microdata
Validation: Measuring and Tracking Code Quality (j9t)161
html, css, quality, metrics
But It Doesn’t Validate160
html, css, vendor-extensions
The Value of HTML Validation (nza)159
html
CSS Validation and Vendor Extensions: Throw Warnings, Not Errors (j9t)158
css, vendor-extensions
W3C Validation: It’s Not Just About Rankings157
w3c, html, css, tooling, seo
Let’s Make Every Day One Web Day! (w3c)156
awareness-days, web, accessibility, internationalization, mobile
The Big CSS3 Validation Debate155
css, vendor-extensions
Absent Elements and Validation (htm)154
html, attributes
10 Ways to Make Your XHTML Site Accessible Using Web Standards (mri/sma)153
xhtml, accessibility, standards
14 Free Tools to Validate Your HTML, CSS, and RSS Feeds (sea)152
html, css, rss, tooling, link-lists
When Good Browsers Go Bad—and They All Do (com)151
standards, support, internet-explorer, browsers
The Two Great Things About Validation/Conformance (j9t)150
html, css, quality, craft
Valid Sites Work Better (?) (oli/w3c)149
html, css
HTML 5: Document Conformance (w3c)148
html
W3C Validators in Jeopardy (mho)147
w3c, tooling
W3C Markup Validation Service Adds Experimental HTML5 Support146
w3c, tooling, html
W3C Validator, Now With HTML5 Flavour (oli/w3c)145
w3c, html, tooling
Five HTML Oddities That You May Not Know144
html, browsers
12 Principles for Clean HTML Code (chr/sma)143
html, principles, encoding, formatting, naming, css
Opera Study: Only 4.13% of the Web Is Standards-Compliant (ars)142
studies, research, opera, standards, semantics
Where Our Standards Went Wrong (bee/ali)141
standards, quality
HTML 5, a New Step (kar/w3c)140
html, standards, tooling
Validated Ampersands in HTML Links (tel)139
html, character-references
When Validation Becomes Unimportant (j9t)138
html, css, optimization, craft
Using Flash and Staying Standards Compliant (chr/css)137
flash, embed-code, jquery
Conforming “target” Attribute (lac)136
html, attributes, pop-ups
Do You Validate Your JavaScript Code? (rob)135
javascript, jslint
A Validator Is Not an Accessibility Evaluation Tool? (w3c)134
discussions, html, accessibility, alt-text, images, tooling
ARIA in HTML5 Integration: Document Conformance (hsi)133
html, aria
Google Can’t Code132
google, html, quality
What Beautiful HTML Code Looks Like (chr/css)131
html, attributes, semantics, formatting
The Craft of HTML (kar/w3c)130
html, craft
Top Blogs Fail W3C Markup Validation (bpe)129
html, metrics
Fixing the Web… Together! (kar/w3c)128
html, xhtml, css, standards, quality
An HTML5 Conformance Checker (hsi)127
studies, html, parsing, history
The Joy of HTML126
html, css, dreamweaver, code-editors, standards
WCAG 2.0, Validity and the Holy Trinity125
wcag, accessibility, standards
“Valid CSS” and Similar Claims Are Unprofessional (j9t)124
html, css, wcag, professionalism
Validation Is More Than Pretty Fonts and Unencoded Ampersands123
standards, xhtml, advocacy
How to Write Valid HTML/XHTML Code to Include Flash (rob)122
how-tos, html, xhtml, flash
The Fuji CSS Validator Release (kar/w3c)121
tooling, css
Validator Web Service Interface Ideas (hsi)120
web-services, tooling
XML Validation in PHP119
php, xml, validation
W3C Markup Validator, Link Checker Updated118
w3c, html, xhtml, links, link-rot, user-experience, tooling
Bulletproof HTML: 37 Steps to Perfect Markup117
html, xhtml, encoding, unicode, character-references, semantics
The Web Standards War Is Far From Over (rob)116
standards, html
A Positive Attitude to Development115
html, css, semantics, tables, hacks, browsers, accessibility, standards
Unicorn Sighting (Public Preview) (don/w3c)114
w3c, tooling, quality
8 Steps to Serving Better (X)HTML (tan)113
html, xhtml, tables, metadata, internationalization, microformats, tips-and-tricks
The Web Accessibility Myth in the UK112
accessibility, wcag, compliance, html, css, myths
Following the XHTML Path111
xhtml, link-lists
Web Standards: It’s About Quality, Not Compliance110
standards, quality, craft
Ten Common CSS Mistakes109
css, mistakes
WCAG 2.0 (lac)108
wcag, standards, accessibility, compliance, terminology
Invalid HTML Interfering With Accessibility (ala)107
accessibility, html
Is Standards Compliant HTML Really Necessary?106
html, browsers
But It Validates!105
html, css
Why Comply? The Movement to W3C Compliance104
w3c, standards
Government Sites Fail Web Tests103
standards, html, compliance, accessibility, metrics
Don’t Use JavaScript to Hide Bad Markup102
javascript, html, quality
Validity Does Not Equal Best Practices101
html, css
How to Sniff Out a Rotten Standardista (mho)100
how-tos, standards, advocacy, community
Buy Standards Compliant Web Sites (kar/w3c)99
standards, compliance, professionalism, economics
New W3C Feed Validation Service (oli)98
discussions, w3c, syndication, rss, atom, tooling
Government Web Standards Usage: New Zealand97
html, metrics
Character References Explained (lac)96
html, unicode, character-references
W3C Compliance and SEO95
w3c, standards, compliance, accessibility, seo
Ten Steps to a More User Friendly Website94
flash, performance, images, compression, link-rot, html, browsers, support, navigation, readability, quality
Testing Invalid Content With Accessibility Validators (gez)93
accessibility, testing, tooling, compliance, wave
Validation Quiz Explanation (lac)92
quizzes, html, xhtml, xml
Markup Content Models (ann)91
html
Character Encodings and Input90
unicode, character-references, php
Ampersands, PHP Sessions, and Valid HTML (w3c)89
html, php, character-references
Validating an Entire Site88
tooling, w3c
Scripting Away Validation Concerns (gez)87
xhtml, attributes, standards, javascript
On Valid CSS (ann)86
css
Web Standards vs. Search Friendly Sites: Can You Have Both?85
standards, css, seo
Validating a Custom DTD (jde/ali)84
xhtml
Why Standards-Compliant HTML Matters83
standards, html
The Four Essentials of Modern Web Design82
fundamentals, accessibility, semantics, principles, quality
Standards (ann)81
standards, html, xhtml, xml
Web Standards Compliant JavaScript Flash Detect and Embed80
flash, feature-detection, javascript
Web Standards = 100% Validation?79
standards
Does W3C Validation Help In Search Rankings?78
w3c, html, seo
Quick Guide to XHTML (ann)77
guides, xhtml, html, mime-types, unicode
Validator Does Not Catch Certain Types of Invalid XHTML Markup76
xhtml, dreamweaver, code-editors
HTML, XHTML, Semantics, and the Future of the Web (joh)75
html, xhtml, semantics, web, outlooks, comparisons
Design Sites Do Web Standards74
design, standards
Integrated Web Design: Seven Deadly Markup Sins (mho)73
design, encoding, doctypes, attributes, character-references, html, xhtml
XHTML Is Invalid HTML (ann)72
xhtml, html
Canadian Election Web Sites Flunk Standards Test71
standards, accessibility, compliance, examples
Influence of Valid Code on Screen Readers70
html, screen-readers, accessibility
A Roadmap to Standards (dav)69
standards, css, xml, xhtml, learning, link-lists
CSS Validation (dav)68
css
CSS Validator Is Broken (zel)67
css, tooling, w3c, hacks
The Daily Standards66
websites, standards, metrics, comparisons
Error Handling and Web Language Design65
errors, standards, html
WaSP Interviews Todd Dominey (wa)64
interviews, standards, refactoring, processes, css, html
The Importance of Code Validation (joh)63
standards, html, xhtml, css
This Validates (sim)62
semantics, xhtml
Semantics and Bad Code (dav)61
html, xhtml, semantics
On Standards and Semantics (sto)60
standards, semantics
Standards Don’t Necessarily Have Anything to Do With Being Semantically Correct (kot)59
standards, semantics, html, xhtml, css
W3C Buttons Without Images58
w3c, xhtml, css
Choosing Standards Compliance Over Proprietary Practices57
standards, interoperability, user-experience, quality
”HTML Validation” Is a Good Tool, but Just a Tool56
html, doctypes
ESPN Moves Forward With Standards55
standards, case-studies
URLs vs. XHTML (dav)54
urls, xhtml
Validate XML Against Multiple Schemas (dan)53
xml
Effects of CSS-Based Design (dav)52
html, css, performance
W3C Updates Validation Service51
html, xhtml, xml, tooling, w3c
Flash Satay: Embedding Flash While Supporting Standards (dre/ali)50
flash, embed-code
W3C Members: What Standards? (zdn)49
w3c, html, quality, standards
Things Can Only Get Better48
html, standards, w3c, metrics
Valid Garbage In, Valid Garbage Out: Answers47
html, semantics
Buy Standards Compliant Web Sites (don/w3c)46
standards, compliance, maintainability, accessibility, business-relations, economics
Anil Dash Does Amazon (sim)45
html, case-studies
Valid Garbage In, Valid Garbage Out44
html, css
Better Living Through XHTML (zel/ali)43
xhtml, html
HTML Syntax Checker in PHP (hsi)42
html, php, tooling
Any Browser vs. WaSP—Battle of the Purists41
html, netscape, browsers, web-standards-project
“Forgiving” Browsers Considered Harmful (jde/ali)40
html, xhtml, wysiwyg, parsing
Validating XML in Internet Explorer39
xml, internet-explorer
Conformance Testing for XML Processors38
xml, testing
Purism vs. Layout—the Holy War37
layout, html, sgml, outlooks
Validators36
html, quality, tooling, link-lists
Re: Strategy for HTML Spec?35
discussions, web, scraping, html, tooling, python
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 (ann/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