The document discusses the evolution of web technologies, focusing on HTML and its need for standards, particularly HTML5. It outlines the transitional phases from Web 1.0's static content to the dynamic interactions of Web 2.0 and the semantic capabilities of Web 3.0. It highlights key technological advancements, the role of various stakeholders, and the convergence of languages and platforms in modern web development.

1. HTML5
and the evolution of the
web
Noam Kfir, Consultant & Trainer, Sela Group
@NoamKfir | noam@kfir.cc | http://noam.kfir.cc

2. definitions
• HyperText Markup LanguageHTML
• HyperText Transfer ProtocolHTTP
• text with linkshypertext
• hypertext with multimediahypermedia
• ?standard
• ?web

3. Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee
OM
• Member of the Order of Merit
KBE
• Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
FRS
• Fellow of the Royal Society
FREng
• Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
FRSA
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
DFBCS
• Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society

4. 1992 HTML Tags
• The first published description
• Derived from SGML
• Inconsistent terminology
– Documents, files, nodes, relative addresses
• Incomplete definition:
– “base address”
– no explanations
– “Example sections”
• Already has obsolete tag: <NEXTID 27>

5. Evolution of HTML
HTML Tags
Arguments
& Lawsuits HTML5

6. JavaScript evolution
Validation
Dynamic jumble of scripts
jQuery
Frameworks
There is no JavaScript

7. CSS evolution
style mishmash
cascade
IE6
bootstrap
typography is everything

8. web evolutionary stages
The World Wide Web is born
Web 2.0: Dynamic, Buzz
Apps
Social
Semantic

9. Web 1.0
• Information and reference
• Mostly static content
• Limited interactivity
• Primitive browsers
• Few producers, many consumers

10. Web 2.0
• Web applications
• Dynamic content
• Highly interactive sites
• Advanced browsers
• Everybody is a producer

11. Web 3.0
• Semantic
• Architecture
– Cloud
– REST
– IoT
– Web as a platform
• Data aggregation
• The browser disappears
• Machines consume and then produce

12. convergence
• languages
• IDEs
• operating systems
• browser vendors
• backbone

13. HTML5 is a Standard
a BIG standard

15. Noam Kfir, Consultant & Trainer, Sela Group
@NoamKfir | noam@kfir.cc | http://noam.kfir.cc
Thank you!