Web Standards Project

"WaSP" redirects here. For other uses, see Wasp (disambiguation).
Web Standards Project
Company typeProject
IndustryInformation technology
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
FounderGeorge Olsen
Defunct2013
FateDissolution
Key people
Jeffrey Zeldman, Tim Bray, Glenn Davis, Steven Champeon, Eric Meyer, Tantek Çelik, Matt Mullenweg, Molly Holzschlag, Simon Willison,[1] Dave Shea, Christopher Schmitt
Websitewww.webstandards.org

The Web Standards Project (WaSP) was a group of professional web developers dedicated to disseminating and encouraging the use of the web standards recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium, along with other groups and standards bodies, with a primary focus on web clients (web browsers).

Founded in 1998, The Web Standards Project campaigned for standards that reduced the cost and complexity of development while increasing the accessibility and long-term viability of any document published on the Web. WaSP worked with browser companies, authoring tool makers, and peers to encourage them to use these standards, since they "are carefully designed to deliver the greatest benefits to the greatest number of web users".[2] The group dissolved in 2013.

  1. ^ Cederholm, Dan (2004-06-10). Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook. Berkeley: Apress. p. 236. ISBN 978-1-59059-381-3.
  2. ^ "WaSP: Fighting for Standards (WaSP mission statement)". Web Standards Project. 2006. Retrieved 2008-03-10.