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W3C recommendations explained

2nd August 2002

Confused about the difference between W3C Notes, Working Drafts, Candidate Recommendations, Public Recommendations and normal Recommendations? So was I, until I found this handy list of definitions on the official site.

Posted 2nd August 2002 at 1:14 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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