HTML
Last reviewed/updated: 17 Aug 2021 | Published: 08 Jan 2014 | Status: Active
1. Introduction
- HyperText Markup Language (HTML).
- The web language for adding content to web pages.
- The web language that defines content types, a basic structure for each content type, and the syntax for adding content to a web page.
- The web language in which markup is used to; 1.) add content to a web page, and 2.) impart structural information upon the content. The structural information that markup imparts upon content includes; 1.) a structure type (e.g., heading, paragraph, etc.), and 2.) the demarcation of the starting and ending points for the application of the structure type.
- The web page content and content structure language.
- Basic unit: markup. Syntax:
<element>content</element>
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2. Original Content
- Learn Web Coding Home Template (learnwebcoding.com)
- Learn Web Coding Home Template Download (learnwebcoding.com)
- Learn Web Coding Home Template Explained (learnwebcoding.com)
- Valid HTML 4.01 Transitional Template (learnwebcoding.com)
- Valid HTML 4.01 Strict Template (learnwebcoding.com)
- Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional Template (learnwebcoding.com)
- Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict Template (learnwebcoding.com)
- Valid XHTML 1.1 Template (learnwebcoding.com)
- Valid HTML5 Template (learnwebcoding.com)
- Blank Web Page (learnwebcoding.com)
- HTML Testing Ground (learnwebcoding.com)
3. Standards
On 28 May 2019 the W3C and WHATWG reached an agreement, whereby: 1.)
HTML and DOM shall be developed principally in the WHATWG, following WHATWG Living Standard (LS) specification process; and 2.)
W3C agrees to discontinue its release plans for W3C versions of HTML 5.3 and DOM 4.1.In other words, starting 28 May 2019, the WHATWG HTML Living Standard is the official HTML standard. For additional information, see Memorandum Of Understanding Between W3C And WHATWG (w3.org).
3.1. WHATWG HTML Specification
3.2. W3C HTML 4.01, 4.0, And 3.2 Recommendations
- HTML 4.01 Specification: W3C Recommendation 24 December 1999 Superseded 27 March 2018 (w3.org)
- HTML 4.0 Specification: W3C Recommendation, Revised On 24-Apr-1998 (w3.org) (The revisions are errata, not substantive.)
- HTML 4.0 Specification: W3C Recommendation 18-Dec-1997 (w3.org)
- HTML 3.2 Reference Specification: W3C Recommendation 14-Jan-1997 Superseded 15-March-2018 (w3.org)
3.3. W3C XHTML Recommendations/Etc.
- XHTML 1.1 - Module-Based XHTML - Second Edition: W3C Recommendation 23 November 2010 Superseded 27 March 2018 (w3.org)
- XHTML 1.1 - Module-Based XHTML: W3C Recommendation 31 May 2001 (w3.org)
- XHTML 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition): A Reformulation Of HTML 4 In XML 1.0: W3C Recommendation 26 January 2000, Revised 1 August 2002 Superseded 27 March 2018 (w3.org) (The revisions are errata, not substantive.)
- XHTML 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition): A Reformulation Of HTML 4 In XML 1.0: W3C Recommendation 26 January 2000 (w3.org)
- HTML And XHTML Frequently Answered Questions (w3.org)
3.4. W3C HTML5 Recommendations/Etc.
On 28 May 2019 the W3C and WHATWG reached an agreement, whereby: 1.)
HTML and DOM shall be developed principally in the WHATWG, following WHATWG Living Standard (LS) specification process; and 2.)
W3C agrees to discontinue its release plans for W3C versions of HTML 5.3 and DOM 4.1.In other words, starting 28 May 2019, the WHATWG HTML Living Standard is the official HTML standard. For additional information, see Memorandum Of Understanding Between W3C And WHATWG (w3.org).
3.4.1. W3C HTML5 Recommendations
- HTML 5.2: W3C Recommendation, 14 December 2017 Superseded 28 January 2021 (w3.org)
- HTML 5.1 2nd Edition: W3C Recommendation 3 October 2017 Superseded 28 January 2021 (w3.org)
- HTML 5.1: W3C Recommendation, 1 November 2016 (w3.org)
- HTML5: A Vocabulary And Associated APIs For HTML And XHTML: W3C Recommendation 28 October 2014 Superseded 27 March 2018 (w3.org)
3.4.2. W3C HTML5 Working Group Notes
4. Resources
5. Miscellaneous
- Memorandum Of Understanding Between W3C And WHATWG (w3.org)
- W3C HTML Working Group (w3.org)
- W3C Web Applications Working Group (w3.org)
- Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0: Request For Comments 1866 November 1995 (ietf.org) (Tim Berners-Lee.)
- Recommended Doctype Declarations To Use In Your Web Document (w3.org)
- Encoding: Living Standard (encoding.spec.whatwg.org)
- Handling Character Encodings In HTML And CSS (Tutorial) (w3.org)
- UTF-8 And Unicode (utf8.com)
- Characters Ordered By Unicode (w3.org)
- Character Entity Reference Chart (dev.w3.org)
- Unicode Lookup (unicodelookup.com)
- BabelStone: Unicode (babelstone.co.uk)
- FileFormat.Info
- Viewport Sizes (viewportsizes.com)
- Architecture Of The World Wide Web, Volume One: W3C Recommendation 15 December 2004 (w3.org)
- Authoring HTML: Language Declarations: W3C Working Group Note 03 June 2014 (w3.org)
- Authoring HTML: Handling Right-To-Left Scripts: W3C Working Group Note 03 June 2014 (w3.org)