Re: [Patents] Re: IBM, Microsoft, BEA Snub W3C

[Erik Josefsson <erikjosefsson@telia.com>]

On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:30:53 +0200
Xavi Drudis Ferran <xdrudis@tinet.org> wrote:

> One way is informing the public and, yes another would be demanding
> normalization in government contracts (just the same as when you
> demand that sheets of paper should be DIN A4 you could demand that a
> web application has to produce valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional pages, or
> something like that, and I don't think it is too radical that the
> government also demands adherence to standards for communications from
> citizens, but that is slightly less clear). 

This is exactly what is happening in some institutions in Denmark:

http://www.e.gov.dk

It's also very easy for non technical it-managers in small public
administrations to ask for a validation button when they buy the
programming of their web pages from web designers. It's as easy as a
"tip of the day".

//Erik