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'''Web interoperability''' is producing web pages viewable with nearly every device and [[web browser]]. There have been various projects to improve web interoperability, for example the [[Web Standards Project]], Mozilla's Technology Evangelism<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mozilla.org/projects/tech-evangelism/ |title=Mobile/Evangelism - MozillaWiki |author= |date= |publisher= |accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref> and Web Standards Group,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://webstandardsgroup.org/ |title=Web Standards Group (WSG) |date= |publisher= |accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref> and the Web Essential Conference.
'''Web interoperability''' means producing web pages viewable in standard compatible [[web browser]]s, various [[operating system]]s such as [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Macintosh]] and [[Linux]] and devices such as [[Personal computer|PC]], [[Personal digital assistant|PDA]] and [[mobile phone]] based on the latest [[web standards]].
== History ==
ThisThe term was originatedfirst byused in the [Web Interoperability Pledge,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.w3.org/Promotion/WIP/|title=WIP -- Web Interoperability Pledge] that|accessdate=12 August 2016}}</ref> which is a promise to adhere to current [[HTML]] Recommendationsrecommendations as promulgatedpromoted by the [[World Wide Web Consortium]] (W3C).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Understanding Website Usability and Conversions |url=https://www.netpaths.net/understanding-website-usability-conversions/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |language=en-US}}</ref> The WIP was not a W3C initiative. but it was started by and has been run by [[ZDNet]] AnchorDesk. quite independently.
This issue was known byas "cross browsing" in the [[Browser wars|browser war]] between [[Internet Explorer]] and [[Netscape]]. WindowsMicrosoft's Internet Explorer was the dominant browser after that, but modern web browsers such as [[Mozilla Firefox]], [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]] and [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] have supportedbecome dominant, and support additional web standards beyond what Internet Explorer supports.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What are the Characteristics of a Good Website? |url=https://hatchandvox.com/web-design/characteristics-of-good-website/ |access-date=2024-06-22 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Because of Internet Explorer's [[Backwardbackward compatibility|backwardbackwards compatibility]] of Internet Explorer, manysome web pages hashave continued to supporteduse non-standard HTML tags and, DOM handling scriptscripts, yet as welland platform-dependentspecific techniquestechnologies such as [[ActiveX]]., Thesewhich arecould potentially verybe harmful for [[Web accessibility]] and [[Devicedevice Independenceindependence]].
== Elements of Web interoperability ==
* Structural and semantic markup with [[XHTML|HTML]].
* [[CSS ]]-based layout with layout elements suchthat asresize based positionon andscreen float.size
* Separating among structure, presentation and behavior in web pages.
* DOM scripting based on W3C DOM Standard and [[ECMAScript]].
==See Activities also==
It has been various activities, for example [[Web Standards Project]], [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/tech-evangelism/ Mozilla's Technology Evangelism] and [http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Web Standards Group]. Also there are educational activities such as [http://we05.com Web Essential Conference].
== See also ==
* [[Web accessibility]]
* [[Computer accessibility]]
* [[Wikipedia:Accessibility]]
* [[Device Independence]]
* [[Multimodal interaction]]
* [[Cross browsing]]
* [[Forward compatibility]]
* [[Backward compatibility]]
* [[fault tolerant system|graceful degradation]]
==References==
== Local Activities ==
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* [http://webstandard.or.kr Web Standards Korea]
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