The document summarizes the history and key aspects of HTML versions. It discusses HTML 2.0 and 3.2 from 1995-1997, then HTML 4.0 and 4.01 from 1997-1999. XHTML 1.0 and 1.1 aimed to make HTML stricter and validate as XML, but served issues. XHTML 2 was theoretical. HTML 5, from the late 2000s onward, aimed for backwards compatibility, simplicity, and solving real problems through new semantic elements like <header>, <article>, and <footer>. It also consolidated HTML, CSS, and browser APIs.