May 17, 2008
Google Doctype: Wikipedia for Web Developers
Google Doctype, Google’s newly launched Web site is like a Wikipedia for Web developers. In a brief introduction of this Web site, Google said this Web site, all of its content will be written by Web developers, for Web developers. Whether or not you’re in the middle dabbling in HTML, JavaScript, or CSS, or really dives into these open Web tools, this one is definitely for you.
Similarly to Wikipedia or Citizendium, it remains true to its commitment to user-generated content. In other words, those who own a Google account can edit any of the content. In this case, it might follow the hidden risk of what Wikipedia gone through, i.e. allowing anonymity, and hence some users who created fake accounts could submit some wrong materials to this Web site. I’ve to admit this is a premature scenario, as most of the Web developers are all willingly to foster a healthy and long-term community and help promoting open Web standards.
Currently, this Google Doctype is available in English and Spanish. I particularly excited about this when I found out that there will be a new JavaScript library, in which 8,000 lines of code which originally developed and tested internally at Google will be available in Google Doctype.
To learn more about Google Doctype, there is a video which embedded in the below.
