A much disputed issue on the internet resources is the question of HTML versus XHTML. There are many participants on different web resources and communities as forums, mailing lists, newsgroups and blogs. And many persons are asked by the beginners what to use best HTML or XHTML. This question may be very important because it can affect the attitude and the working tools of a novice. It is very important to mention that both HTML and XHTML are important tools, but they have to be used for different tasks.
While for a beginner this can be a
Modern Web is developing at a very fast pace, therefore it's very hard to find sites that would assure accessibility for everybody, including the people with disabilities. In order to assure the accessibility for everybody, the University of Illinois launched the HTML/XHTML Best Practices site.
The site is a set of practices that are used on the University's site to provide supportĀ for everybody on the university's site. Now it's the place where all the Internet meets to learn on making a website accessible. The HTML/XHTML Best Practices Site was
The primary purpose of these HTML/XHTML Best Practices is to improve the accessibility of web resources at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign for students, faculty, staff, and the general public.
The typical approach to web accessibility is a "repair" approach which focuses on meeting the technical requirements of either the Section 508 or W3C WCAG 1.0 accessibility standards. This accessibility repair usually results in the resources becoming more "technically accessible" but still remaining functionally unusable by many people with