If you have been following social media news, you know that Twitter is having its issues. Although there is still a bit to go before it goes away (or, more likely, puts up a paywall to view tweets), it seems prudent to save Twitter content so it can be viewed …

Last night, Herbert Van de Sompel announced the availability of the draft specifications and user guide for Object Reuse and Exchange (ORE). This effort, under the auspices of the Open Archives Initiative (OAI), seeks to define a standard for the description and exchange of aggregations of web resources.

If you …

With the release of Microsoft's Windows Media Player version 11, the Microsoft Media Server (MMS) protocol is officially no longer supported. (Except, of course, for the confusing/amusing footnote on that page that says 'mms://' URIs are "highly recommended" as a protocol rollover URL — only Microsoft can at the same …

As you may have noticed, the web has evolved a set of common principles that are a mix of ratified standards and ad hoc practices. The notion of a Web Architecture was codified in a W3C technical report called "Architecture of the World Wide Web" http://www.w3.org/TR …

The word "Successful" in the title, when juxtaposed with "Standards-Compliant" and "Accessible," should be big, bold and flashing (except that the flashing style would then go against web accessibility best practice). The goal is to embed a video clip into a web page that validates as "XHTML4.01 Transitional", includes …