a brief history of the web
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A Brief History of the Web
Bruce Clary, McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas
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Tim Berners-Lee, a physicist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, develops the HTTP protocol and the first version of HTML for the purpose of making scientific research papers available among fellow scientists.
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HTTP://WWW.W3.ORG/HISTORY/19921103-HYPERTEXT/HYPERTEXT/WWW/THEPROJECT.HTML
Berners-Lee and others found the World Wide Web Consortium to develop protocols and guidelines that to define how the Web works.
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HTTP://W3.ORG
In 1995, the W3C proposes the specifications for HTML 2.0.
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In 1996, the W3C proposes the specifications for CSS.
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In 1997, the W3C proposes the specifications for HTML 3.2.
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And in 1998 come the specifications for HTML 4.0 and CSS2. These remain the dominant standards.
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1998 was also the year that a grassroots coalition of web designers and developers founded the Web Standards Project, which became a powerful educational force and advocate for web standards.
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HTTP://WWW.WEBSTANDARDS.ORG/ABOUT/HISTORY/
W3C begins moving toward the recommendation of replacing HTML with XHTML 1.0.
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2001-2009 is becoming known as The Great Leap Nowhere for HTML specifications. The W3C persisted
in its push for XHTML 2.0. But this is a period when browsers, with the exception of Explorer, move conscientiously toward standards compliance.
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In 2004, another group of web designers and developers who were concerned about the
direction of the W3C on XHTML founds the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group.
The argue for the continued development of HTML.
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HTTP://WWW.WHATWG.ORG/
The W3C abandons it recommendation of XHTML 2.0 and accepts the premises promoted by
WHATWG. Both organizations have now thrown their full support behind...
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In 2013, nearly all major browsers conform to the new standards for HTML5 and CSS3 although
some CSS properties still requireproprietary prefixes.
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As we begin this course, the world of web design has climbed Pikes Peak only to find Mt. Everest looming ahead. Broad browser compliance with
Web standards has been achieved, but the ever-increasing variety of mobile devices poses as great
a challenge as for the future as did the variety of browsers in the first 20 years of the Web’s history.
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