# Web platform
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{{Short description|Browser-based computing platform}}
The '''Web platform''' is a collection of technologies developed as [open standard](/source/open_standard)s by the [World Wide Web Consortium](/source/World_Wide_Web_Consortium) and other standardization bodies such as the [Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group](/source/WHATWG), the [Unicode Consortium](/source/Unicode_Consortium), the [Internet Engineering Task Force](/source/Internet_Engineering_Task_Force), and [Ecma International](/source/Ecma_International).[{{cite web | url = https://www.w3.org/blog/2011/01/100-specifications-for-the-ope/ | title = 100 Specifications for the Open Web Platform and Counting | date = 2011-01-29 | publisher = W3C | access-date = 2015-12-04 | archive-date = 2020-08-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200808065337/https://www.w3.org/blog/2011/01/100-specifications-for-the-ope/ | url-status = live }}] It is the [umbrella term](/source/umbrella_term) introduced by the [World Wide Web Consortium](/source/World_Wide_Web_Consortium), and in 2011 it was defined as "a platform for innovation, consolidation and cost efficiencies" by W3C CEO Jeff Jaffe.[{{cite web | url = http://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/IAB_Prague_2011_slides.html | title = The future of applications: W3C TAG perspectives | date = 2011-03-28 | author = Henry S. Thompson | publisher = W3C | access-date = 2011-05-15 | archive-date = 2020-12-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201230211506/https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/IAB_Prague_2011_slides.html | url-status = live }}] Being built on [https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/evergreen-web/ The evergreen Web] (where rapid, automatic software updates, vendor co-operation, standardization, and competition take place) has allowed for the addition of new capabilities while addressing security and privacy risks. Additionally, developers are enabled to build interoperable content on a cohesive platform.[{{cite web | url = https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/evergreen-web/ | title = The evergreen web | date = 2001 | publisher = W3C | access-date = 2018-04-07 | archive-date = 2020-07-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200710155932/https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/evergreen-web/ | url-status = live }}]
The Web platform includes technologies—[computer language](/source/computer_language)s and [API](/source/Application_programming_interface)s—that were originally created in relation to the publication of [Web page](/source/Web_page)s. This includes [HTML](/source/HTML),[{{cite web | url = http://www.w3.org/QA/2010/10/html5_the_jewel_in_the_open_we.html | title = HTML5: The jewel in the Open Web Platform | date = 2010-10-08 | publisher = W3C | access-date = 2010-11-20 | archive-date = 2013-05-30 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130530211041/http://www.w3.org/QA/2010/10/html5_the_jewel_in_the_open_we.html | url-status = live }}] [CSS](/source/CSS), [SVG](/source/Scalable_Vector_Graphics), [MathML](/source/MathML),[{{cite web | url = http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8932 | title = W3C Integrates Math on the Web with MathML 3 Standard | date = 2010-10-21 | publisher = W3C | access-date = 2010-11-20 | archive-date = 2020-07-05 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200705034611/http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8932 | url-status = live }}] [WAI-ARIA](/source/WAI-ARIA), [ECMAScript](/source/ECMAScript), [WebGL](/source/WebGL), [Web Storage](/source/Web_Storage), [Indexed Database API](/source/Indexed_Database_API), [Web Components](/source/Web_Components), [WebAssembly](/source/WebAssembly), [WebGPU](/source/WebGPU), [Web Workers](/source/Web_Workers), [WebSocket](/source/WebSocket), [Geolocation API](/source/W3C_Geolocation_API), [Server-Sent Events](/source/Server-sent_events), [DOM Events](/source/DOM_Events), Media Fragments, [XMLHttpRequest](/source/XMLHttpRequest), [Cross-Origin Resource Sharing](/source/Cross-Origin_Resource_Sharing), File API, [RDFa](/source/RDFa), [WOFF](/source/Web_Open_Font_Format), [HTTP](/source/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol), [TLS 1.2](/source/Transport_Layer_Security), and [IRI](/source/Internationalized_Resource_Identifier).[{{cite web | url = http://www.w3.org/2010/Talks/0117-next-web-plh/nextweb.html | title = The Next Open Web Platform - Short list | date = 2011-01-29 | publisher = W3C | access-date = 2011-01-29 | archive-date = 2022-01-21 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220121085605/http://www.w3.org/2010/Talks/0117-next-web-plh/nextweb.html | url-status = live }}][{{cite web | url = http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-admin/2013Oct/0018.html | title = WG Decision to publish HTML Microdata as a WG Note | date = 2013-10-02 | publisher = W3C | quote = No one has volunteered to edit the HTML Microdata specification as per the call for volunteers … Therefore, the HTML WG hereby resolves that the HTML WG cannot productively carry this work any further | access-date = 2014-08-15 | archive-date = 2020-07-06 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200706043400/https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-admin/2013Oct/0018.html | url-status = live }}]
== Platforms ==
=== HTML ===
{{Excerpt|HTML}}
=== CSS ===
[Cascading Style Sheets](/source/CSS) (CSS) is a simple mechanism for adding style (e.g., fonts, colors, spacing) to Web documents.[{{Cite web |url=https://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Overview.en.html |title=What is CSS? |website=W3 |access-date=2023-05-31 |archive-date=2020-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224225400/http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Overview.en.html |url-status=live }}]
=== Scalable Vector Graphics ===
{{Excerpt|SVG}}
== See also ==
* [Open Web Foundation](/source/Open_Web_Foundation) (OWF)
* [Responsive web design](/source/Responsive_web_design) (RWD)
* [Web standards](/source/Web_standards)
* [WebPlatform.org](/source/WebPlatform.org)
== Notes ==
==References==
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{{W3C Standards}}
{{Web interfaces}}
Category:Internet properties established in 2011
Category:HTML5
Category:World Wide Web Consortium standards
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