2. XHTML 2 Working Group Expected to Stop
Work End of 2009, W3C to Increase
Resources on HTML 5
2009-07-02: Today the Director announces that when the XHTML
2 Working Group charter expires as scheduled at the end of 2009,
the charter will not be renewed. By doing so, and by increasing
resources in the HTML Working Group, W3C hopes to accelerate
the progress of HTML 5 and clarify W3C's position regarding the
future of HTML. A FAQ answers questions about the future of
deliverables of the XHTML 2 Working Group, and the status of
various discussions related to HTML. Learn more about the
HTML Activity.
-- http://www.w3.org/News/2009#item119
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10. This document type is designed to be portable to a
broad collection of client devices, and applicable to the
majority of Internet content.
-- http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/introduction.html
It is designed for Web clients that do not support the full
set of XHTML features; for example, Web clients such
as mobile phones, PDAs, pagers, and settop boxes.
-- http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-xhtml-basic-20001219
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14. W3C is pleased to announce the new HTML Working Group,
chartered to create the next HTML standard with the active
participation of browser vendors, software developers, and content
designers. "It's time to revisit the standard and see what we can do
to meet the current community needs, and to do so effectively with
commitments from browser manufacturers in a visible and open
way," said Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director.
-- http://www.w3.org/QA/2007/03/new-html-working-wg.html
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15. “The new technologies being developed by the W3C ... are often
designed to address other needs and only consider Web
Applications in a peripheral way.”
-- http://www.whatwg.org/news/start
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19. This specification defines the 5th major revision of the
core language of the World Wide Web: the Hypertext
Markup Language (HTML). In this version, new features
are introduced to help Web application authors, new
elements are introduced based on research into prevailing
authoring practices, and special attention has been given
to defining clear conformance criteria for user agents in
an effort to improve interoperability.
-- http://www.w3.org/TR/html5
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20. Web
Workers
Web
Database
HTML5
CSS Web Storage
JavaScript Web Sockets
Geolocation
API
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54. var cat = document.getItems('org.example.animals.cat')[0];
var colors = cat.properties['com.example.color'].contents;
var result;
if (colors.length == 0) {
result = 'Color unknown.';
} else if (colors.length == 1) {
result = 'Color: ' + colors[0];
} else {
result = 'Colors:';
for (var i = 0; i < colors.length; i += 1)
result += ' ' + colors[i];
} http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/microdata.html#using-the-microdata-dom-api
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