http://simonwillison.net/2007-12-17T13:16:43+00:00Simon Willison2007-12-17T13:16:43+00:002007-12-17T13:16:43+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2007/Dec/17/blist/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2007/dec/17/standards/">The future of web standards</a></strong></p> Nice analysis from James Bennett, who suggests that successful open source projects (Linux, Python, Perl etc) could be used as the model for a more effective standards process, and points out that Ian Hickson is something of a BDFL for the WHAT-WG. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/bdfl">bdfl</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ian-hickson">ian-hickson</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/james-bennett">james-bennett</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/linux">linux</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/open-source">open-source</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/perl">perl</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/python">python</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/standards">standards</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/w3c">w3c</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/web-standards">web-standards</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/whatwg">whatwg</a></p>