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=== Code Standards === | === Code Standards === | ||
* Layered semantic markup | * Layered semantic markup | ||
** Semantic class/id names and appropriate HTML tags for content | ** Semantic class/id names and appropriate HTML tags for content | ||
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* HTML: | * HTML: | ||
** XHTML 1.0 strict doctype (we might want to move to HTML 4.01 strict if we are serving XHTML as html/text) | ** XHTML 1.0 strict doctype (we might want to move to HTML 4.01 strict if we are serving XHTML as html/text) | ||
** Pages must validate | ** Pages must validate. Not a strict requirement. Some layouts can't be achieved without a few errors. | ||
** Use most meaningful tags for content | ** Use most meaningful tags for content | ||
** Images/bg images with text in them must have alternate textual representation (alt text or text positioned offscreen for screenreaders). Avoid these due to L10n difficulties anyway. | ** Images/bg images with text in them must have alternate textual representation (alt text or text positioned offscreen for screenreaders). Avoid these due to L10n difficulties anyway. | ||