HTML

Last reviewed/updated: 17 Aug 2021 | Published: 08 Jan 2014 | Status: Active
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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>.

2. Original Content

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

3.3. W3C XHTML Recommendations/Etc.

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

3.4.2. W3C HTML5 Working Group Notes

4. Resources

5. Miscellaneous