The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.
http://www.w3c.orgThe W3C provides the guidelines for the coding standards to use; this includes HTML, XHTML and CSS.
Here you can view the various specifications:
CSS Specifications for CSS levels 1, 2, and 3HTML and XHTML SpecificationsTo ensure your skins are coded to a high standard, check your skin files against the W3C Validation tools.
Validation Tools
Validate your HTML code at W3CWDG HTML validatorValidate your CSS code at W3CIf you have the
web developers toolbar you can quickly and easily check your code from an icon within the toolbar. (This works for both localhost installations and live websites).