W3C Recommendation

E1919

W3C technical report type technical specification web standard

A W3C Recommendation is a mature, stable web standard published by the World Wide Web Consortium to promote interoperability and best practices across the World Wide Web.

Aliases (11)

W3C Recommendations ×3
W3C Recommendation Track ×2
W3C Candidate Recommendation ×1
W3C HTML specifications ×1
W3C Proposed Recommendation ×1
W3C Recommendation (Level 3) ×1
W3C Recommendation Track document ×1
W3C Recommendation XML 1.0 ×1
W3C recommendations ×1
World Wide Web Consortium Recommendations ×1
XHTML 1.0 ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	W3C technical report type → technical specification → web standard →
abbreviation	REC →
access	freely available on the Web →
category	W3C Recommendation Track document →
followsStage	Candidate Recommendation → Proposed Recommendation → Working Draft →
governedBy	W3C Process Document →
hasCharacteristic	backward compatibility is considered → implementation experience is expected → intended for long-term use → subject to wide review →
hasExample	CSS Recommendation → HTML Recommendation → SVG Recommendation → WCAG Recommendation → XML Recommendation →
hasMaturityLevel	mature → stable →
hasStatus	endorsement by W3C Director →
intendedFor	browser vendors → content authors → tool implementers → web developers →
isConsidered	W3C standard →
language	primarily English →
license	W3C Document License →
mayBe	revised in new editions → superseded by newer Recommendations → updated by errata →
partOfProcess	W3C Technical Report development process →
publishedBy	World Wide Web Consortium →
purpose	define stable web standards → promote best practices for the Web → promote interoperability on the World Wide Web →
relatedTo	Candidate Recommendation → Group Note → Proposed Recommendation → Working Draft →
requires	consensus of W3C Members → review by W3C Advisory Committee →
scope	APIs → World Wide Web technologies → formats → protocols →

Referenced by (44)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
ATAG 1.0 → ATAG 2.0 → CSS Animations Module → CSS Box Alignment Module → CSS Paged Media Module → CSS Scroll Snap Module → CSS Transitions Module → CSS Writing Modes Module → HTML5 → WAI-ARIA → WebAssembly specification → XHTML →	status
Candidate Recommendation → Editor’s Drafts → W3C Proposed Recommendation → W3C Working Draft →	precedes
World Wide Web Consortium → World Wide Web Consortium ("W3C Candidate Recommendation") → World Wide Web Consortium ("W3C Proposed Recommendation") →	hasKeyDocumentType
W3C Candidate Recommendation → W3C Proposed Recommendation → W3C Working Draft →	relatedTo
Candidate Recommendation ("W3C Recommendation Track") → W3C Working Draft ("W3C Recommendation Track") →	partOf
W3C patent policy ("World Wide Web Consortium Recommendations") →	appliesTo
W3C Recommendation ("W3C Recommendation Track document") →	category
W3C Member representative ("W3C Recommendations") →	contributesTo
XML ("W3C Recommendation XML 1.0") →	definedIn
W3C patent policy →	defines
REC →	denotes
W3C Note →	differsFrom
W3C Director ("W3C Recommendations") →	hasAuthorityOver
W3C Working Group →	hasOutput
W3C Technical Reports →	hasPart
Working Drafts →	hasStageAfter
CSS Backgrounds and Borders Module ("W3C Recommendation (Level 3)") →	hasStatus
W3C markup validation tools ("W3C HTML specifications") →	implementsStandard
W3C Document License ("W3C recommendations") →	licenseFor
W3C Proposed Recommendation →	mayResultIn
W3C Candidate Recommendation →	precedesStage
W3C CSS Working Group ("W3C Recommendations") →	publishes
XML Namespaces →	standardType
User Agent Accessibility Guidelines →	statusOfUAAG 1.0
HTML ("XHTML 1.0") →	version