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HTML is the universal markup language on the Web.

HTML Tutorial

For more information about HTML, please read our HTML Tutorial.

For more information about XHTML, please read our XHTML Tutorial.

HTML version

HTML 2.0

HTML 2.0 was developed by the HTML Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force in 1996.

HTML 2.0 is an outdated version of HTML. Currently available browsers on the market all depend on updated versions of HTML. There is no need for a WEB developer to use the HTML 2.0 standard.

HTML 3.2

HTML 3.2 was published as a W3C standard on January 14, 1997. HTML 3.2 added widely used features to the HTML 2.0 standard, such as fonts, tables, applets, text flow around images, superscript and subscript.

One of the elements added to the 1997 HTML 3.2 standard - the <font> tag - brought unnecessary trouble to the important task of separating HTML content and presentation.

HTML 4.0

As a W3C recommendation, HTML 4.0 was released on December 18, 1997. The second version, which made only some editorial corrections, was released on April 24, 1998.

The most important feature of HTML 4.0 is the introduction of style sheets (CSS).

Our W3C CSS This chapter summarizes the W3C CSS activities.

HTML 4.01

As a W3C recommendation, HTML 4.01 was released on December 24, 1999.

HTML 4.01 is a minor update to HTML 4.0, making corrections and fixing bugs.

The W3C will not continue to develop HTML. Future W3C work will focus on XHTML.

XHTML 1.0 (latest version of HTML)

XHTML 1.0 re-represented HTML 4.01 using XML.

As a W3C recommendation, XHTML 1.0 was released on January 20, 2000.

Our W3C XHTML This chapter summarizes the W3C XHTML activities.

HTML 5

The W3C released the HTML 5 draft on January 22, 2008.

Through the establishment of precise rules on how to handle all HTML elements and how to recover from errors, HTML 5 has improved interoperability and reduced development costs.

New features in HTML 5 include the ability to embed audio, video, and graphics, client-side data storage, and interactive documents.

HTML 5 also includes new elements such as: <nav>, <header>, <footer>, and <figure> etc.

The HTML 5 Working Group includes: AOL, Apple, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nokia, Opera, and hundreds of other suppliers.

W3C HTML Specification and Timeline

You will find information about the XHTML specification and timeline in the next section.

W3C Reference:

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