The future of web languages Mark Birbeck http://webBackplane.com/mark-birbeck

Standards "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew S Tanenbaum

Agile

Modular

Semantic

Use high-level languages to bind functionality

RDFa

Improving search

Improve user experience

Examples using RDFa

@role

<ul role=&quot;navigation&quot; > <li>Home</li> <li>Customers</li> <li>About Us</li> </ul>

Web languages as programming languages

XForms

<xf:trigger> <xf:label>Send</xf:label> <xf:action ev:event=&quot;DOMActivate&quot;> <xf:message level=&quot;modeless&quot;> Your email has been sent. </xf:message> </xf:action> </xf:trigger>

<div> Send <xf:action ev:event=&quot;click&quot;> <xf:message level=&quot;modeless&quot;> Your email has been sent. </xf:message> </xf:action> </div>

XML Events

<div> Send <xf:action ev:event=&quot;click&quot;> <xf:message level=&quot;modeless&quot;> Your email has been sent. </xf:message> </xf:action> </div>

SMIL

<xf:trigger> <xf:label>Animate</xf:label> <xf:action ev:event=&quot;DOMActivate&quot;> <smil:animate targetElement=&quot;panel&quot; attributeName=&quot;width&quot; to=&quot;200&quot; dur=&quot;3&quot; repeatCount=&quot;indefinite&quot;></smil:animate> <smil:set attributeName=&quot;display&quot; targetElement=&quot;hidden&quot; to=&quot;block&quot; fill=&quot;freeze&quot;></smil:set> </xf:action> </xf:trigger>

Examples using XForms, XML Events, and SMIL

The Ubiquity Library

Summary Smarter mark-up languages make programming web apps easier (and portable)