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Document Standards
Meta Description
The description attribute provides a concise explanation of the page content.
Meta Keywords
Meta tag containing keywords related to the page.
Web App Manifest
Defines the attributes of a web app in a simple JSON file. It describes how the web app should appear on the users system and how it should launch.
Canonical Content Tag
Public specification of a preferred URL for a page allows search engines to understand the original location for content.
Cascading Style Sheets
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML
Javascript Defer
The defer attribute gives a hint to the browser that the script does not create any content so the browser can optionally defer interpreting the script. This can improve performance by delaying execution of scripts until after the body content is parsed and rendered.
JSON-LD
JSON-LD, or JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data, is a method of transporting Linked Data using JSON.
Javascript
JavaScript is a scripting language most often used for client-side web development.
WAI-ARIA
A way to make Web content and Web applications more accessible to people with disabilities. It especially helps with dynamic content and advanced user interface controls developed with Ajax, HTML, JavaScript, and related technologies.
HTML5 DocType
The DOCTYPE is a required preamble for HTML5 websites.
HTML 5 Specific Tags
This page contains tags that are specific to an HTML 5 implementation.
Content Security Policy
Content Security Policy is a computer security concept, to prevent cross-site scripting XSS attacks.
Content Type Options
Used to disable MIME-sniffing for a particular HTTP response.
Mobile
Viewport Meta
This page uses the viewport meta tag which means the content may be optimized for mobile content.
Apple Mobile Web Clips Icon
This page contains an icon for iPhone, iPad and iTouch devices.
Document Encoding
UTF-8
UTF-8 (8-bit UCS/Unicode Transformation Format) is a variable-length character encoding for Unicode. It is the preferred encoding for web pages.