HTML Coding - Section 5

The aim is to separate content from presentation and write code that adheres to available published standards. This delivers many benefits, including:

• pages that should work on the maximum number of platforms and devices:
  • ...therefore pages will work for the maximum number of the potential audience;
• pages will be flexible enough to respond to audience needs:
  • e.g. simple change of text size in user-defined style sheets;
• pages will contain inherent structure and elements will have inherent meaning:
  • making them more machine readable and more easily understood by people;
• pages will essentially be self-documenting:
  • making them easier to modify in the future;
• pages will be easier to upgrade and easier to repurpose for emerging technologies and standards;
• pages will be easier to find and classify:
  • by both humans and machines.