Midwest Web Sense

Local Web Standards Leader Provides Consulting Services

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. January 22, 2008 The HTML Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium, co-chaired by Kansas City native Dan Connolly and Microsoft's Chris Wilson, today released the first public working draft of HTML 5, the fifth major revision of the Web's core content standard.

According to Connolly, the draft is the result of contributions from the international corporate, academic and design communities. HTML 5 is intended to be the open, royalty-free specification for rich Web content and Web applications. The 400-page document offers guidance to Web developers in the areas of compatibility, utility and interoperability.

If you use Web Architecture in HTML well, the resulting content is suitable for not just computer screens and printers but also mobile and embedded devices, said Connolly. "Since HTML 4 was published 10 years ago, Web designers and users have learned a vast amount about how this medium works. This revision is intended to ensure support for existing content and codify existing practice, as well as standardize audio and video content and cross-platform applications."

In addition to his work with W3C, Connolly heads an innovative consulting company, Midwest Web Sense, which provides expertise in Web Architecture for individuals and groups. He said the parallel between the importance of links in Web Architecture and the importance of links between people in groups led to the founding of Midwest Web Sense.

About Midwest Web Sense: Midwest Web Sense is a Web Architecture consulting company delivering tailored education services in individual or corporate environments.

Founder Dan Connolly is a research scientist at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) in the Decentralized Information Group (DIG) and a member of the technical staff of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). He is a graduate of Bishop Miege High School in Roeland Park, Kansas, as well as the University of Texas at Austin.

Connolly began collaborating across the Internet with Tim Berners-Lee on the World Wide Web project in the early 1990s, and has worked tirelessly to preserve HTML as an open standard for the Web. He played leading roles in the development of URIs, HTTP, XML, and the Semantic Web and currently serves on the W3C Technical Architecture Group (TAG), working from his office in the Kansas City area.