W3C Vocabulary and Glossary

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Terms Beginning with A

English Chinese
abstract module Abstract Module
access Access
access control Access Control
access control information Access Control Information
access mechanism Access Mechanism
access rights Access Permission
accessibility Accessibility
accessibility information Accessible Web Information
accessibility problem Accessibility Issues
accessible Accessible
accessible authoring practice Accessible Authoring Practices
acquired infoset Acquired Information Set
ACSS (Audio cascading style sheets) ACSS (Audio Cascading Style Sheets)
activate Activate
active grammar Active Grammar
active perceivable unit Active Visual Unit
activity Activity
actor Actor
adaptation Adaptation
adaptation preferences Adaptation Preferences
additional characters Additional Character
advisory board Advisory Standing Committee
advisory committee Advisory Committee
age Age
agent Agent
aggregated authored units Integrated Authoring Unit
aggregation Integration
alert Alert (Signal)
alpha alpha
alpha compaction Alpha Compression, Transparency
alpha separation Alpha Separation
alpha table Alpha Table
alternative information Alternative Information
amaya amaya
ancestor Ancestor Node
anchor Anchor
ancillary chunk Auxiliary Data Block
animation Animation
annotation Annotation
anonymity Anonymity
antecedent Antecedent
apache apache
applet Applet (Application)
application Application
application personalization Application Personalization
application programming interface (API), conventional input/output/device API Application Programming Interface (API), Generic Input/Output/Device API
arc Arc
architecture Architecture
argument Argument
artifact Artifact
ASCII art ASCII Art
ASR Automatic Speech Recognition
assertion Assertion
assistive technology Assistive Technology
asynchronous Asynchronous
asynchronous exchange Asynchronous Exchange
at user option User-Selectable
atomic Atomic
atomic test Atomicity Test
attribute Attribute
attribute name Attribute Name
attribute specifications Attribute Specification
attribute value Attribute Value
attribute, or CC/PP attribute CC/PP Attribute
attribute-list declarations Attribute List Declaration
audio Audio
audio description Audio Description
audio track Audio Track
audio-only presentation Audio-Only Presentation
audit guard Audit Protection Mechanism
auditory description Auditory Description
authentication Authentication
author Author
author styles Author Style
authored unit Authoring Unit
authoring Authoring
authoring tool Authoring Tool
authorization Authorization
axis Axis

Terms Beginning with B

English Chinese
back link Back Link
background image interference Background Image Interference
backward compatible Backward Compatible
base text Base Text
baseline Baseline
basic readability Basic Readability
binding Binding
binding expression Binding Expression
bit depth Bit Depth
black box Black Box
bopomofo Bopomofo
bot Bot
bounding box Bounding Box
box Box
braille Braille
bridge Bridge
browser Browser
button Button
byte Byte
byte order Byte Order

Terms Beginning with C

English Chinese
cache Cache
cacheable Cacheable
Candidate Recommendation (CR) Candidate Recommendation (CR)
capability Capability
captions Caption
card Card
cascading style sheets (CSS) Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
catch element Catch Element
CC/PP processor CC/PP Processor
CC/PP repository CC/PP Repository
CDATa sections CDATA Section
CERN CERN
certification Certificate
chair Chair
chairman Chairperson
channel Channel
character Character
character data Character Data
character data (CDATa ) Character Data (CDATA)
character encoding Character Encoding
character or expression depth Character or Expression Depth
character or expression height Character or Expression Height
character or expression width Character or Expression Width
character reference Character Reference
check for Check
child Child (Element)
child Child (Node)
choice Choice
choreography Choreography (Web Service)
chromaticity (CIE) Chromaticity (CIE)
chunk Chunk
class Class
class definition Class Definition
class description Class Description
class name Class Name
class of products Product Class
click-stream Clickstream
client Client
collapse Collapse
collated text transcript Transcript
colour type Color Type
comm Communication
comments Comment
complete Complete
complex ruby markup Complex Annotation Markup
compliance Conformance
component Component
composite (verb) Composite
computed expression Computed Expression
concept Concept
condition Condition
conditional content Conditional Content
conditional sections Conditional Section
confidentiality Confidentiality
confidentiality Confidentiality, Secrecy
configuration Configuration
configure, control Configuration, Control
conformance Conformance
conformance clause Conformance Clause
conformance level Conformance Level
conformance testing Conformance Test
conforming document Conformance Document
connection Connection
consequent Consequence
consistent Conformant
constraint Constraint
contained (element a is contained in B) Contained In (Element A Contained in Element B)
container (Constructor) Container (Constructor)
containing document Container File
content Content
content developer Content Developer
content elements Content Element
content generation Content Generation
content model Content Model
content negotiation Content Negotiation
content provider Content Provider
content selection Content Selection
content set Content Set
content token element Content Token Element
context (of a given mathML expression) Context (of a Given MathML Expression)
context node Context Node
context position Context Position
context size Context Size
contradictory behaviors Contradictory Behavior
control Control
control item Control Item
convenience Convenience
conversation Conversation
conversion tool Converter
COO COO (Chief Operating Officer)
cookie cookie
correct Correct
credentials Credential
critical chunk Critical Data Block
CSS (Cascading style sheets) CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
CSS W3C cascading style sheet specification CSS W3C Cascading Style Sheets Specification
cyberspace Cyberspace
cyc Cyc (Knowledge Representation Project)

Terms Beginning with D

English Chinese
daemon Daemon
data category Data Type
data element Data Element
data model Data Model
data resource Data Resource
data schema Data Outline
data set Dataset
data structure Data Structure
data -valued property Data Type Attribute
database Database
datastream Data Stream
datatype Data Type
datatype property Data Type Attribute
date space Website Chronicle Section
decideable Decidable
declaration Declaration
declared Declared
decomposition Decomposition
deepest Deepest
default Default
default namespace Default Namespace
deferred request authentication Deferred Request Validation
defining required attributes Define Required Attributes
defining the type of attribute values Define Attribute Value Type
deflate deflate (a compression algorithm)
delivered image Delivered Image
delivery context Transfer Context, Transfer Semantics
delivery policy Transfer Policy
delivery unit Transfer Unit
deprecated Deprecation
deprecated feature Deprecated Feature
depth Depth
dereference a URI Revisit URI
descendant Child Node
descendants Child Node
device Device
device independent Device-Independent
device-independence Device Independence
dialog Dialog
digital rights management Digital Rights Management
digital signature Digital Signature
dimensions of variability (DoV) Dimension of Variation (DoV)
direct sub-expression (of a mathML expression of) Direct Subexpression (of a MathML expression)
directly contained (element a in B) (a) Directly Contained In (B)
director Leader, Director
discovery Discovery
discovery service Discovery Service
discretionary choices Arbitrary Selection
discretionary item Arbitrary Item
document Document
document character set Document Character Set
document content, structure, and presentation Document Content, Structure, and Presentation
document entity Document Entity
document language Document Language
document model Document Model
document object model Document Object Model
document object, document Document Object, Document
document order Document Order
document profile Document Configuration File
document source, text source Document Source, Text Source
document style semantics and specification language (DSSSL) Document Style Semantics and Specification Language (DSSSL)
document tree Document Tree
document type Document Type
document type declaration Document Type Declaration
document type definition (DTD) Document Type Definition (DTD)
documentation Reference Document
DOM (Document object model) DOM (Document Object Model)
DOM (Document object model, see http://www.w3.org/DOM/) DOM (Document Object Model)
DOM level 0 DOM level 0
domain Domain
domain name Domain Name
driver Driver
DTD DTD
DTD Document Type Definition (DTD)
DTD-determined ID DTD-Determined ID
DTMF (Dual tone multi-Frequency) DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency)
dublin core Dublin Core
dynamic content Dynamic Content
dynamic HTML (DHTML) Dynamic HTML (DHTML)

Terms Beginning with E

English Chinese
early normalization Early Normalization
ease of parsing and serializing: Simplification of Parsing and Serialization
EBT (Electronic book technology) Electronic Book Technology
eCMAScript eCMAScript
EDI (Electronic data interchange) EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
editing view Editorial Review
electronic data interchange (EDI) Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
element Element
element content Element Content
element name Element Name
element type Element Type
element type declaration Element Type Declaration
element, element type Element, Element Type
elements Element
embed Embed
embedded object Embedded Object
Embedded Web request Embedded Web Request
embellished operator Modifier Operator
empty Empty
empty-element tag Empty Element Tag
enabled element, disabled element Enabled Element, Disabled Element
encryption Encryption
end point Endpoint
end-tag End Tag
ending resource End Resource
enquire enquire (program name)
entail Derivation
entities Entity
entity Entity
entity reference Entity Reference
enumerated attributes Enumerated Attribute
episode Scenario
equable practice Equivalent Practice
equivalent Equivalent
equivalent (for content) Equivalent (in Content)
error Error
error correction Error Correction
error recovery Error Fix
escape Escape
event Event
events and scripting, event handler, event type Event and Script, Event Handler, Event Type
executable content Executable Content
expanded name Extended/Expanded Name
expanded-name Extended/Expanded Name
explicit expiration time Explicit Expiration Time
explicit user request Explicit User Request
Explicit Web request Explicit Web Request
explicitly undefined behaviors Explicit Undefined Behavior
extended language Extension Language
extended link Extended Link
extended links Extended Link
extending pre-defined elements Extended Predefined Element
extensible Extensible
extensible markup language (XML) Extensible Markup Language (XML)
extensible style language (XSL) Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL)
extension Expansion
extensional Extensional
external External
external entity External Entity
external markup declaration External Markup Declaration
externally-determined ID Externally Determined ID

Terms Beginning with F

English Chinese
facet Facet
facilities Facility
fatal error Fatal Error
feature Characteristic, Feature, Function
fellow Researcher
fences Parentheses
FIa (Form interpretation algorithm) FIa (Form Interpretation Algorithm)
filter Filter
filtering Filtering
first node rule First Node Rule
first-hand First-hand
flexible authoring Flexible Authoring
focus of attention Focus
focus, content focus, user interface focus, current focus Focus, Content Focus, User Interface Focus, Current Focus
following element Following Element
font Font
for compatibility For Compatibility
for interoperability For Interoperability
form Form
form control Form Control
form item Form Item
form item variable Form Item Variable
formal Regular
fragment identifier Fragment Identifier
fragmentation Fragment
frame buffer Frame Buffer
fresh Unexpired
freshness lifetime Validity Period
FTF Face-to-Face
functional adaptation Functional Adaptation
functional user experience Functional User Experience

Terms Beginning with G

English Chinese
gamma gamma
gateway Gateway
general entities General Entity
generic identifier Generic Identifier
GIF (Graphics interchange format) GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
GILC (Global internet liberty campaign) GILC (Global Internet Liberty Campaign)
glossary of terms for device independence Device-Independent Glossary
glyph Glyph
good practice Good Practice
graphical Graphical
graphics Graphics
greyscale Grayscale
group ruby Group Note

Terms Beginning with H

English Chinese
harmonized adaptation Harmonized Adaptation
harmonized user experience Harmonized User Experience
height Height
heuristic expiration time Heuristic Expiration Time
highlight Highlight
hint Hint
hiragana Hiragana
host Host
host Host
host language Primary Language
host page Home Page, Homepage
HTML HTML
HTML (Hypertext markup language) HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
HTTP (Hypertext transfer protocol) HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
HTTP client HTTP Client
HTTP gateway HTTP Gateway
HTTP payload entity HTTP Payload Entity
HTTP proxy HTTP Proxy
HTTP representation HTTP Representation
HTTP request HTTP Request
HTTP response HTTP Response
HTTP server HTTP Server
hybrid document Mixed Document
hyperlink Hyperlink
hypermedia Hypermedia
hypertext Hypertext

Terms Beginning with I

English Chinese
idempotent Identity
identical Identical
identified data Identified Data
identifier Identifier
ideograph Ideograph (e.g., Chinese Characters)
iff If and Only If
image Image, Graphic
image data Image Data
image map Image Map
implementation Implementation
implementation conformance statement (ICS) Implementation Conformance Statement (ICS)
implementation platform Implementation Platform
Implicit Web request Implicit Web Request
important Important
imports closure Import Closure
inbound In-flow
inbound/outbound In-flow/Out-of-flow
include location Inclusion Location
include parent Containing Parent (Item)
included Contained
included items Contained Item
inclusion target Containment Target
inconsistent Inconsistent
independent web Independent Web Page
index Index
indexed-colour Indexed Color
indexical Indexed
indexing Index
indirectly contained Indirect Containment
individual Individual
individual-valued property Individual value attribute
infer Inference
inform Notification
information resource Information resource
information set Information set
information space Information space
informative Informative
informative text Informative text
initial SOAP sender Initial SOAP sender
input configuration Input configuration
input item Input item
input modalities Input modality
INRIa (Institut national de recherche en infomatique et automatique) INRIA (French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation)
instance Instance
instance data Instance data
instance data node Instance data node
instance of Instance (of a class)
instance of mathML Instance of MathML
instantiate Example
integrity Integrity
intensional Intensional
interaction Interaction
interactive element, non-interactive element Interactive elements, non-interactive elements
interlaced PNG image Interlaced PNG image
internal Internal
internal entity Internal entity
internationalized resource identifier Internationalized Resource Identifier
internet Internet
interoperability Interoperability
interpretation Interpretation
intranet Intranet
intrinsic dimensions Intrinsic dimensions
inverse function Inverse function
IP (Internet protocol) IP (Internet Protocol)
IPR (Intellectual property rights) IPR (Intellectual Property Rights)
IRC IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
IRI reference IRI reference
ISO (International standards organization) ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
ISP (Internet service provider) ISP (Internet Service Provider)

Terms Beginning with J

English Chinese
java Java (programming language)
jigsaw Jigsaw (server)
JPEG (Joint photographic experts group) JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group): an image encoding format
JSGF JSGF (Java Speech Grammar Format)

Terms Beginning with K

English Chinese
kana <Japanese> Kana
kanji <Japanese> Kanji
katakana <Japanese> Katakana (Japanese alphabet)
keio university Keio University (Japan)
key Key
key binding Key binding
key location Key location
key management Key management
key name Key name
key validation Key validation

Terms Beginning with L

English Chinese
lambda expression Lambda expression
language binding Language binding
language identifier Language identifier
late normalization Late normalization
layout schema (plural: schemata ) Layout schema
LCS (Laboratory for computer science) LCS (Laboratory for Computer Science)
LEAD (Live early adoption and demonstration) LEAD (Early Adoption and Demonstration Policy)
level Level
lexical space Lexical space
libwww libwww (WWW-related program module library)
line-mode Line mode
line-mode browser Line mode browser
linearized table Linearized table
link Link
link text Link text
linkbases Link base
linking element Link element
list List
literal Literal
literal entity value Literal entity value
live Live
local name Local name
local part Local part
local resource Local resource
logic Logic
longfellow longfellow (W3C 24-line teleconference bridge)
loose coupling Loose coupling
lossless compression Lossless compression
lossy compression Lossy compression
luminance Luminance
LZ77 LZ77 (data compression algorithm)

Terms Beginning with M

English Chinese
machine understandable Machine-understandable
manageable service Managed service
management Management
management capability Management capability
management interface Management interface
management policy Management policy
management semantics Management semantics
Manifestation Manifestation
MARC record MARC record (Machine-Readable Cataloging record)
markup Markup
markup declaration Markup declaration
markup language Markup language
markup model Markup model
match Matching
mathematical markup language (MathML) Mathematical Markup Language (MathML)
mathML element MathML element
mathML expression (within some valid mathML MathML expression
may May
media type Media type
member Member
menu Menu
message Message
message correlation Message correlation
message exchange pattern (MEP) Message Exchange Pattern (MEP)
message receiver Message receiver
message reliability Message reliability
message sender Message sender
message transport Message transmission
meta - Meta- (prefix, denoting a thing applied to itself)
metadata Metadata
metaphysical Metaphysical
micropayments Micropayment
minimal constraint, principle of Minimal constraint principle
MIT (Massachusetts institute of technology) MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
mixed content Mixed content
mixed initiative Mixed initiative
modality Modality
model binding expression Model binding expression
model item Model item
model item property Model item property
model theory Model theory
modularization Modularization
modularization model Modularized model
module Module
monoruby Monospaced
monotonic Monotonic
mosaic Mosaic (the Web browser that first appeared on the Internet)
multi-purpose internet mail extensions (MIME) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
multiple authoring Multimodal authoring
must Must
mystic mystic (W3C 6-line teleconference bridge)

Terms Beginning with N

English Chinese
name Name
named class Named class
namespace Namespace
namespace document Namespace document
namespace name Namespace name
namespace prefix Namespace prefix
namespace-valid Namespace-valid
namespace-validating Namespace validation
namespace-well-formed Namespace-well-formed
natural language Natural language
navigation Navigation
navigation bars Navigation bar
navigation mechanism Navigation mechanism
NCSa (National center for supercomputing applications) NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing Applications)
negotiate content Negotiable content
negotiation metadata Negotiation metadata
nelson, ted nelson, ted
net Internet
network byte order Network byte order
new New
neXT NeXT (company name)
NNTP (Network news transfer protocol) NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol)
node Node
non-repudiation Non-repudiation
non-variant content Non-negotiable content
none None
nonmonotonic Non-monotonic
normative Normative
normative text Normative text
normative, informative Normative, informative
notation declarations Notation declaration
notations Notation
note Note

Terms Beginning with O

English Chinese
object Object
object property Object property
obligation Obligation
obsolete feature Obsolete feature
occurs as attribute value Appears as an attribute value
office Office
onLoad onLoad
onRequest onRequest
ontological Ontological
ontology Ontology
ontology document Ontology document
open source Open source
openMath openMatch
operating environment Operating environment
operation Operation
operator, an mo element Operator, an mo element
operator, content element Operator (content element)
optional Optional
optional behaviors Optional behavior
optional features Optional feature
orchestration Orchestration
origin server Origin server
other Other
otherwise Otherwise
outbound Outbound
output modalities Output modality
override Override
OWL class OWL class
OWL Web Ontology Language Guide OWL Web Ontology Language Guide

Terms Beginning with P

English Chinese
packet Packet
page view Page view
palette Palette
parameter entities Parameter entity
parameter entity Parameter entity
parameter-entity references Parameter entity reference
parent Parent (node)
parent document type Parent document type
parsed character data (PCDATa ) Parsed character data (PCDATA)
parsed entity Parsed entity
parsed entity's Parsed entity (attributive)
parsing Parsing
partial understanding Partial understanding
partially selected Partial selection
participate Participation
pass extraction Phase capture
pass phrase key Passkey
path Path
payload security Payload security
perceivable unit Perceivable unit
permission License
permission guard License protection mechanism
person or organization Individual or organization
personal digital assistant (PDa ) Handheld computer, electronic palm (PDA)
PGP (Pretty good privacy) PGP
physical transducer Physical converter
PICS (Platform form PICS
pixel Pixel
PKC (public key cryptography) PKC (Public Key Cryptography)
PKI (Public key infrastructure) PKI (Public Key Infrastructure)
placeholder Placeholder
plug-in Plug-in
PNG (Portable network graphics) PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
PNG datastream PNG datastream
PNG decoder PNG decoder
PNG editor PNG editor
PNG encoder PNG encoder
PNG file PNG file
PNG four-byte signed integer PNG four-byte signed integer
PNG four-byte unsigned integer PNG four-byte unsigned integer
PNG image PNG image
PNG signature PNG signature
point Point
point of regard Gaze point
pointer Pointer
pointer part Pointer part
policy Policy
policy guard Policy protection mechanism
practice Practice
pre-defined function Predefined function
preceding element Preceding element
preference Preferences
presentation elements Presentation element
presentation layout schema Presentation layout schema
presentation markup Presentation markup
presentation token element Presentation markup element
preserve Preserve
principal Main entity
principal node type Principal node type
principle Principle
priority 1 (P1) Priority 1 (P1)
priority 2 (P2) Priority 2 (P2)
priority 3 (P3) Priority 3 (P3)
privacy Privacy
privacy policy Privacy policy
process Process, processing
processing instructions Data processing instruction
profile Configuration file
profiling Configuration file
prompt Prompt, prompt input
proof of possession (POP) Proof of Ownership (POP)
properties, values, and defaults Attributes, values, and defaults
property Attribute
property definition Attribute definition
Proposed Edited Recommendation Revised Proposed Recommendation
Proposed Recommendation (PR) Proposed Recommendation (PR)
proposition Proposition
protection Protection
protocol Protocol, agreement
provider agent Supplier agent
provider entity Supplier entity
proximity position Approximate location
proxy Proxy, proxy server
public identifier Public identifier
publish Publish, publishing
publisher Publisher
purpose Purpose, intent

Terms Beginning with Q

English Chinese
qualified name Qualified name
qualified names Qualified name
qualifier Qualifier
quality assurance, Qa Quality assurance
quality of service Quality of Service, QoS

Terms Beginning with R

English Chinese
RDF (Resource description framework) RDF (Resource Description Framework)
RDF resource RDF resource
reader Reader
reading Pronunciation, reading
REC REC
receiver Receiver
recognize Identification
recommendation Recommendation, recommended standard
reduced image Simplified image
reference architecture Reference architecture
reference image Reference image
reference in attribute value Attribute value reference
reference in content Content reference
reference in DTD DTD reference
reference in entity value Entity value reference
registry Registration, registration
reify Reification
relation Relationship
remote resource Remote resource
render Rendering, display
rendered content Rendered/displayed content
rendered content, rendered text Rendered/displayed content, text
rendering Rendering, display
rendering preferences Rendering/display preferences
repair content, repair text Repair content
replace Replacement
replaced element Replaced element
replacement text Replacement text
repository Database, archive
representation Representation
request Request, requirement
requester agent Requester agent
requester entity Requester entity
Rescinded Recommendation Obsolete Recommendation
reserved Reserved
resource Resource
resource error Resource error
resource manifestation Resource representation
response Response, reply
restriction Constraint
restriction, global Global constraint
restriction, local Local constraint
result infoset Resulting infoset
results verification Result validation
reverse document order Reverse document order
RFC (Request for comments) RFC (Request for Comments)
RGB merging RGB merge
root Root
RPC (remote procedure call) RPC (Remote Procedure Call)
RSa RSA (encryption algorithm)
ruby text Side note text

Terms Beginning with S

English Chinese
safe Secure
safe interaction Secure interaction
safe zone Security zone
sample Sample
sample depth Sampling depth
sample depth scaling Sampling depth mapping
satisfy Satisfy
scanline Scan line
schema Schema
schema (pl., schemata ) Schema
schema constraint Schema constraint
schema representation constraint Schema representation constraint
schema , RDF schema Schema, RDF schema
schema -determined ID Schema-determined identifier
scheme scheme
scope of a declaration Declared scope
screen magnifier Screen magnifier
screen reader Screen reader
scribe Meeting recorder
script Scripting language, script
secondary resource Secondary resource
security Security
security administration Security management
security architecture Security architecture
security auditing Security audit
security domain Security domain
security mechanism Security mechanism
security model Security model
security policy Security policy
security policy expression Security policy expression
security service Security service
selected Selected
selected sub-expression (of an maction element) Selected sub-expression (in maction element)
selection, current selection Selection, current selection
semantic Semantic
semantic requirement Semantic requirement (same as "test assertion")
semantic web Semantic Web
semantically transparent Semantically transparent
sender Sender
separation of form from content Separation of content and form
serial access, sequential navigation Sequential access, sequential navigation
server Server, server-side program
server session Server session
service Service
service description Service description
service interface Service interface
service intermediary Service intermediary
service provider Service provider
service provider (Data controller, legal entity) Service provider (data controller, legal entity)
service requester Service requester
service role Service role
service semantics Service semantics
service-oriented architecture Service-oriented architecture
session session
set Set
SGML (Standard generalized markup language) SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language)
shall Must
should Should
sibling Sibling
simple link Simple link
simple links Simple link
simple ruby markup Simple side-note markup
single authoring Single authorship
site maps Site map
size and color of non-text content Size and color of non-text content
SMIL (Synchronized multimedia integration language) SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language)
SOAP Simple Object Access Protocol
SOAP application SOAP application
SOAP binding SOAP binding
SOAP body SOAP body
SOAP envelope SOAP envelope
SOAP fault SOAP fault
SOAP feature SOAP feature
SOAP header SOAP header
SOAP header block SOAP header block
SOAP intermediary SOAP intermediary
SOAP message SOAP message
SOAP message exchange pattern (MEP) SOAP message exchange pattern (MEP)
SOAP message path SOAP message path
SOAP module SOAP module
SOAP node SOAP node
SOAP receiver SOAP receiver
SOAP role SOAP role
SOAP sender SOAP sender
sophia Sophia (place name: Sophia-Antipolis)
source document Source document
source image Source image
source infoset Source infoset
space-like (MathML expression) Space-like (MathML expression)
specification Specification
speech Speech
speech synthesis Speech synthesis
SRGS (Speech recognition grammar specification) SRGS (Speech Recognition Grammar Specification)
SSML (Speech synthesis markup language) SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language)
stale Stale, outdated
standard Standard
standard generalized markup language (SGML) Standard Generalized Markup Language
start-tag Start tag
starting resource Start resource
state State
statement Declaration
strict conformance Strict conformance
string identity matching String matching
string indexing String index
string-value String value
structural markup Structured markup
style sheet Style sheet
style sheets Style sheet
sub-expression (of a mathML expression) Subexpression (of a MathML expression)
subdialog Subdialog
submission Submitted document
subset language Subset language
subsite Sub-site
suggested rendering rules for mathML presentation elements Recommended rendering/display rules for MathML expression elements
supersite Parent site
support, implement, conform Support, implement, conform
supported Support, aid
SVG (Scalable vector graphics) SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)
synchronize Synchronization
synchronous Synchronous
synthesis processor Synthesis processor
system entity System entity
system identifier System identifier
sysWeb sysWeb (W3C Systems Web Group)

Terms Beginning with T

English Chinese
tables of contents Table of contents
tabular information Tabular information
tag Tag
TAG Technical Architecture Group
tangle tangle (program name)
tapered prompts Tapered prompts
TCP (Transmission control protocol) TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
team Team
technical architecture group Technical Architecture Group
technical report Technical Report
term taken verbatim from another source Vocabulary adopted verbatim from other sources
test area Test area
test assertion Test assertion
test case Test case
test framework Test framework
test purpose Test purpose
test requirement Test requirements, test assertions
test suite Test suite
testability Testability
TEX TEX
text Text
text content, non-text content Text content, non-text content
text decoration Text decoration
text transcript Text transcript
text-To-Speech Text-to-speech
the empty string Empty string
third-party Third party
throw Throw
time parameters Time parameter
TLS Transport Layer Security
tobin tobin (person's name: Maurice J. Tobin)
token Mark
token element Mark element
tokenized Tokenized
top-level element (of mathML) Top-level element (of MathML)
top-level included items Top-level containing item
topology Topology
tracing Tracking
transaction Transaction
transcript Transcript
transformation Conversion, transformation
traversal Traversal
triple Triple
truecolour Full color
trust service Trust service
TTS TTS (Text-to-Speech)
tunnel Channel
type Type
typeface Font

Terms Beginning with U

English Chinese
UCS Universal Character Set
UI or action binding expression User interface or action binding expression
ultimate SOAP receiver Ultimate SOAP receiver
unconditional conformance Unconditional conformance
uniform resource identifier Uniform Resource Identifier
uniform resource identifier (URI) Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
union Union, merge
universe Global, universal
unnamed class Unnamed category
unparsed entity Unparsed entity
unsafe interaction Unsafe interaction
unspecified Unspecified
upstream/downstream Upstream/downstream
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
URI (Universal resource identifier) URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)
URI aliases URI alias
URI collision URI collision
URI ownership URI ownership
URI persistence URI persistence
URI reference URI reference
URIs URIs
URL Uniform Resource Locator
URL (Uniform resource locator) URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
usage auditing Usage audit
usage scenario Use scenario
use Use, adopt
use case Use case
user User
user agent User agent, useragent
user agent (Ua ) User agent, Ua
user agent default styles User agent default styles
user agent profile User agent settings file
user control of every user interface component User control of each user interface component
user experience User experience
user experience preferences User experience preference settings
user interface, user interface control User interface, user interface controls
user session User session
user styles User styles
User-input Web request User-input Web request

Terms Beginning with V

English Chinese
valid Valid
valid mathML data Valid MathML data
valid style sheet Valid style sheet
validating processors Validation processor
validation Validation
validation rule Validation rules
validation, validate, validating Validation, confirmation, verification
validator Validator, checker
validity constraint Validity constraint
value space Value space
variant Variant
variant content Variable content
versioning Versioning
video Video
view View
view, viewport View, viewport
viola viola language
virtual hypertext Virtual hypertext
visual track Video track
visual-only presentation Visual-only presentation
visualText Visual text
vocabulary Vocabulary
voice Speech
voice browser Speech browser
voiceXML document VoiceXML document
voiceXML interpreter VoiceXML interpreter
voiceXML interpreter context VoiceXML interpreter environment
VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language
VRML (Virtual reality modeling language) VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)

Terms Beginning with W

English Chinese
W3C W3C
W3C (World wide web consortium) W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
W3C recommendation W3C Recommendation
W3C Recommendation (REC) W3C Recommendation (REC)
WAI (Web accessibility initiative) WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative)
WAIS (Wide area information servers) Wide Area Information Service System
web World Wide Web
web agent Web proxy
web client Web client
web collection Web collection
web core Web core
web neighborhood Web neighbor
web page Web page
web page identifier Web page identifier
web periphery Web peripheral
web request Web request
web request body Web request body
web request header Web request header
web resource Web resource
web response Web response
web response body Web response body
web response header Web response header
web server Web server
web service Web service
web site Website
web site publisher Website publisher
well-formed Well-formed
well-formedness constraint Well-formedness constraint
white point White point
width (of a box) Width (of text or graphic frame)
Working Draft (WD) Working draft
Working Group Note Working Group Note
world World, domain
world wide web World Wide Web
worldWideWeb (one word; no spaces) Browser
WWW WWW (World Wide Web)

Terms Beginning with X

English Chinese
X X
xanadu xanadu
xForms model XForms model
xForms processor XForms processor
XLL (eXtensible linking language) XLL (Extensible Linking Language)
XML (Extensible markup language) XML (Extensible Markup Language)
XML declaration XML declaration
XML document XML document
XML name XML name
XML namespace XML namespace
XML processor XML processor
xML-based format XML-based format
xPointer processor XPointer processor
XSL (Extensible style sheet language) XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language)
XSL formatting objects (XSL FO) XSL Formatting Objects (XSL FO)
XSL transformation (XSLT) XSL Transformation Language (XSLT)

Terms Beginning with Z

English Chinese
zakim zakim (W3C video conferencing)
zlib zlib compression format
Other extensions