Finally! The Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group has been working on an update to HTML that will solve some of the ongoing problems with HTML 4.
by Jeff Hanson
April 17, 2007
he Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) is formalizing a specification known asHTML5 or Web Applications 1.0 that should standardize some of the ambiguities and disconnects that have emerged with HTML and related web technologies.
This article discusses some of the features and functionality of the proposed HTML5 specification.
Introducing HTML5
HTML5 is a specification being formalized by the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) that defines concrete language syntax for an API that can describe documents and applications. The WHATWG specification incorporates both the existing HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 features, and also introduces new items, including:
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he Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) is formalizing a specification known as HTML5 or Web Applications 1.0 that should standardize some of the ambiguities and disconnects that have emerged with HTML and related web technologies.
