Visitor, discretion is a virtue, nothing astonishing here.
This site was created in January 2000 with no other intention than experimenting with Web technologies. Then, working with Web standards developed by the W3C brought a new direction for the site. Principles promoted by the W3C, such as interoperability and accessibility, are now guiding lines. Proprietary technologies are not used in this site unless impossible otherwise.
Today, a lot of data are transiting via the Web, and this is a good reason to know about the technical documents allowing data processing. These documents are mostly intended for an audience versed into computer science in charge of implementing the technologies described therein. But not only.
International technical documents are (almost) always written in English. The term language barreer
is still meaningful
for many French-speaking readers. I have thus the feeling that translations are needed.
A large section of this site is made of translations of W3C Recommendations. But documents from other sources might be translated as well.
Although translations constitute a major part of the contents, the site is also a playground. Articles and/or programs for the Web might result from personal thoughts. I would be delighted if this would bring on other developments.
All original pages created for the site share the following features :