Well said Paolo.
Dave Emberton has had more than his fair share of attention on this forum and others. And it is pleasing to note that most people agree with you and not him.
I think his main point is that standards can stiffle change and creativity. I have a degree of sympathy to that point.
We do need the standards to be reviewed regularly so they are updated to take into account advances in technology. This is done (move from HTML to XTML etc) and should ensure backwards compatibility.
We need to make sure that we continue to build websites that are accessible to all.
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