Web platform explained

The Web platform is a collection of technologies developed as open standards by the World Wide Web Consortium and other standardization bodies such as the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group, the Unicode Consortium, the Internet Engineering Task Force, and Ecma International.^[1] It is the umbrella term introduced by the World Wide Web Consortium, and in 2011 it was defined as "a platform for innovation, consolidation and cost efficiencies" by W3C CEO Jeff Jaffe.^[2] Being built on 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.^[3]

The Web platform includes technologies—computer languages and APIs—that were originally created in relation to the publication of Web pages. This includes HTML,^[4] CSS, SVG, MathML,^[5] WAI-ARIA, ECMAScript, WebGL, Web Storage, Indexed Database API, Web Components, WebAssembly, WebGPU, Web Workers, WebSocket, Geolocation API, Server-Sent Events, DOM Events, Media Fragments, XMLHttpRequest, Cross-Origin Resource Sharing, File API, RDFa, WOFF, HTTP, TLS 1.2, and IRI.^{[6] [7]}

Platforms

CSS

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a simple mechanism for adding style (e.g., fonts, colors, spacing) to Web documents.^[8]

JavaScript

JavaScript is the scripting language of the Web, enabling us to implement all kinds of powerful dynamic features. The usage of JavaScript is not limited to browsers. You can use it in server and console environments with Node. ^[9]

See also

• Open Web Foundation (OWF)
• Responsive web design (RWD)
• Web standards

Notes and References

1. Web site: 100 Specifications for the Open Web Platform and Counting . 2011-01-29 . W3C . 2015-12-04 . 2020-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200808065337/https://www.w3.org/blog/2011/01/100-specifications-for-the-ope/ . live .
2. Web site: The future of applications: W3C TAG perspectives . 2011-03-28 . Henry S. Thompson . W3C . 2011-05-15 . 2020-12-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201230211506/https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/IAB_Prague_2011_slides.html . live .
3. Web site: The evergreen web . 2001 . W3C . 2018-04-07 . 2020-07-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200710155932/https://www.w3.org/2001/tag/doc/evergreen-web/ . live .
4. Web site: HTML5: The jewel in the Open Web Platform . 2010-10-08 . W3C . 2010-11-20 . 2013-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130530211041/http://www.w3.org/QA/2010/10/html5_the_jewel_in_the_open_we.html . live .
5. Web site: W3C Integrates Math on the Web with MathML 3 Standard . 2010-10-21 . W3C . 2010-11-20 . 2020-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200705034611/http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8932 . live .
6. Web site: The Next Open Web Platform - Short list . 2011-01-29 . W3C . 2011-01-29 . 2022-01-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220121085605/http://www.w3.org/2010/Talks/0117-next-web-plh/nextweb.html . live .
7. Web site: WG Decision to publish HTML Microdata as a WG Note . 2013-10-02 . W3C . 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 . 2014-08-15 . 2020-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200706043400/https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-admin/2013Oct/0018.html . live .
8. Web site: What is CSS? . W3 . 2023-05-31 . 2020-12-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201224225400/http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Overview.en.html . live .
9. Web site: JavaScript . Github . 2023-05-31 . 2023-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531164455/https://webplatform.github.io/docs/javascript/#:~:text=JavaScript%20is%20the%20scripting%20language,and%20console%20environments%20with%20Node. . live .