Language Standards

Hello,

I've noticed that the W3C uses US English not only on its website, but in
its technical standards as well (e.g., "color" as a CSS property and
"bgcolor" as an HTML attribute). Most of the rest of the world uses
Commonwealth English, and the international community uses Oxford English
(i.e., Oxford spelling <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_spelling>) or
British English almost exclusively, such as the UN, the IEC, the BIPM, CERN
(the WWW's birthplace), etc. Seeing as the W3C is purported to be an open
and international organization, it seems quite partial to use US English
which is really only used in the US. Why is this the case? And can it be
changed to make the organization more inclusive?

Cheers,
Varun

Received on Tuesday, 7 April 2020 08:20:42 UTC