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After the doctype declaration we have the root element of HTML followed by the head elements the title elements any metadata which is data that's not displayed but is important to the processing and interpretation of the document. The body contains our content.
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When it was formalized the first thing we would see at the top of an HTML document would be a declaration. This declaration comes from sgml and defines the document type and provides a URL where the elements attributes and other aspects of the language are outlined and defined.
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HTML is a declarative interpretive markup language. Declarative means that we are describing what something is not how it works. Interpreting a language requires an interpreter in this case the user agent or what we are most familiar with the web browser.
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As HTML emerged it's clear to see that it's most important differentiating feature is the hypertext link in the form of the anchor element. As language grew it again to see structure syntax and semantics. These all go through changes to emerge to a clean way of describing content
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HTML comes from the standardized generalized markup language written by Charles Goldfarb it is very verbose mostly because of his work as an attorney. Sgml is considered a metal language this means other languages and applications are made with its guidelines.
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The internet itself provides the platform via the TCP/IP stack. The web itself has three primary pieces that come together as the World Wide Web. The hypertext markup language HTML, the hypertext transfer protocol http, and the URL uniform resource locator.
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A great question from @jenstrickland which can clarify a lot for folks learning the differences between the internet the web can refine understanding about what parts make which layer and the role of those parts. Changes have occurred I will write generally. Questions welcome.
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I enjoy doing this very much so it's perfect timing! thank you for the opportunity. I will get back with you as soon as I can, I will speak generally to the issue as clearly things have changed but it's an opportunity to understand what the World Wide Web actually is composed of.
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This is a really good question and it has changed throughout the years in terms of how we think about it but I would be happy to give an overview when I get a chance right now I'm going to grab some dinner and do a little watch party with my brother and his partner back east.
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We worked so hard so many do the best we could and we just could not organize a professional organization and an academic rubric that could sustain adapt and grow with the web. I don't know that we ever will. we did try. I made mistakes that failed a lot of people. Still do haha
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I am talking about low code no code as marketing and business development 4 applications people who are not coders to make rapid deployed profitable apps that fail and require coders to fix. Please do stay. Your Insight is powerful, meaningful, comforting.
That response is a deeply emotional wound. I'm not gatekeeping I'm hurting and I know that many others are too including our Web's own inventor. For my wrongdoings I accept responsibility. 4 MI public emotions I can't they are true. But my gratitude my love is to this community
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No darkroom is necessary to surveil us night and day. But speak truth to power and people dismiss us as if we're crazy yet It's documented fact. Internet Freedom Fighters lose lives, have been truly harms and in Exile without Fair trial in the USA largely due to the Patriot Act.
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I feel that to my core. We are an exclusive not inclusive world no matter what we think we believe or say. Humans exclude not include by default. US versus them People wonder how I don't always feel included. Behavioral medical social ethnic conditions.
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Guilty of emotional response I am. Over 30 years spent defending , teaching, writing , building languages and browsers stepping toe-to-toe with captains of industry with many others and it dissolved in a few years. I am not at all alone in this. There are no standards never were.
What's more we are at looking at the whole picture we are only looking at certain sensory input output. We think there are only five senses and that we cannot provide for them all there are far more than 5 senses. Great hearing in two different people is still different.
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I agree. yet here we are regressing. I have native software. The web is for me data that can bring information that can bring knowledge. that is what I want. it doesn't exclude interaction or apps. It just removed declarative language with very targeted intent to do so in 2009.
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I get that we can never be Universal 100% that's impossible but a lot of problem if we remove applied accessibility from the tack it on or as a car seller who sells cars to blind people? So why bother. The relationship of access 2 disability is political not technical.
Not in the least it was my tongue in cheek that said be pissed at me if you want. These models are not helpful to an aging person 30 plus years into web with conditions that limit my abilities to make something I can't use because the interface is inaccessible to me.
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