Web StandardsMastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML
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About the Author
Leslie F. Sikos, Ph.D. is an IT professional, hand coder, web standardista and multimedia expert. He is a computer scientist and senior web developer specializing in web quality assuranceincluding, but not limited to, website standardization in development and redesign, the Open Web Platform, XML technologies and XML serializations, the Semantic Web and metadata technologies, web accessibility, and multimedia. A comprehensive assessment of his achievements and activities can be found on his fully standards-compliant website at LeslieSikos.com.