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TIDY

TIDY is a free utility from W3C to fix HTML/XHTML mistakes automatically and tidy up sloppy editing into nicely layed out markup

See Also HyperText Markup Language (XHTML) .

DocBook Website

The Website doctype and stylesheets are for making websites (like this one). If you generate a website using Website, consider including the button above in your site (so that your visitors will know you built it using DocBook).

DocBook XSL Stylesheets

These are XSL stylesheets for the DocBook DTD and its derivatives (Simplified DocBook, etc.). If you use them to generate PDF/print documents or Web/HTML content, consider including the button above somewhere in your documents (so that your reader will know the documents were built using DocBook).

See Also Extensible Stylesheet Language Family (XSL) .

Web Standards

Founded in 1998, The Web Standards Project (WaSP) fights for standards that reduce the cost and complexity of development while increasing the accessibility and long-term viability of any site published on the Web. We work with browser companies, authoring tool makers, and our peers to deliver the true power of standards to this medium.

Apache Ant

Ant is a Java-based build tool. In theory, it is kind of like Make, but without Make's wrinkles.

Java (J2SE)

Java 2 Standard Edition.

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a simple, very flexible text format derived from SGML (ISO 8879). Originally designed to meet the challenges of large-scale electronic publishing, XML is also playing an increasingly important role in the exchange of a wide variety of data on the Web and elsewhere.

Extensible Stylesheet Language Family (XSL)

XSL is a family of recommendations for defining XML document transformation and presentation.

Cascading Style Sheets

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a simple mechanism for adding style (e.g. fonts, colors, spacing) to Web documents.

HyperText Markup Language (XHTML)

XHTML 2 is a general-purpose markup language designed for representing documents for a wide range of purposes across the World Wide Web. To this end it does not attempt to be all things to all people, supplying every possible markup idiom, but to supply a generally useful set of elements.

Resource Description Framework (RDF)

World-Wide Web, specification, data (RDF) A specification being developed in 2000 by the W3C as a foundation for processing meta-data regarding resources on the Internet, including the World-Wide Web.

See Also Really Simple Syndication (RSS) .

Really Simple Syndication (RSS)

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other Web content.

See Also Resource Description Framework (RDF) .

World Wide Web (W3C)

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) specified by W3C.

See Also World Wide Web (W3C) .

FireFox

The Mozilla based Web Browser.

See Also Web Browser .

Web Browser

A program used to view HTML documents. Some examples include: FireFox, Mozilla, Opera, Safari

See Also HyperText Markup Language (XHTML) .