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From HTML 1 To 5

HTML is the authoring language used to create web pages. It uses tags and attributes to define the structure and layout of pages. HTML has evolved over time with different versions. The version of HTML used in a page is declared with a DOCTYPE tag at the top. HTML5 is the current major version that was published as a web standard in 2014. It provides powerful capabilities for web applications and adapts to different devices.

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From HTML 1 To 5

HTML is the authoring language used to create web pages. It uses tags and attributes to define the structure and layout of pages. HTML has evolved over time with different versions. The version of HTML used in a page is declared with a DOCTYPE tag at the top. HTML5 is the current major version that was published as a web standard in 2014. It provides powerful capabilities for web applications and adapts to different devices.

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History of HTML versions

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language, and it is the authoring


language used to create documents on the World Wide Web. HTML is used to
define the structure and layout of a Web page, how a page looks and any
special functions. HTML does this by using tags that have attributes. For
example <p> means a paragraph. As the viewer of a Web page you don't see
the HTML as it is hidden from your view - you just see the results. But you
all know that!

HTML 1.0
Below is a screenshot of Tim Berners-Lee's Browser Editor as developed in
1991-1992.

This was a true browser editor for the first version of HTML and ran on a
NeXT workstation. Implemented in Objective-C, this very first browser
in Web history made it easy to create, view and edit web documents.
Hypertext Markup Language (First Version of HTML) was formally published
in June 1993.

HTML VERSIONS
HTML is an evolving language. For Web sites and pages created since 1991,
however, it is easy to find out which HTML version they use. A Document
Type Declaration, or DOCTYPE, is a piece of HTML code that states which
version of HTML is being used. This declaration must appear at the very top
of every Web page.
For example: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML
4.01//EN"> tells that the document uses the HTML4.01 version.

For those of you who are curious, the W3C published a document laying down
the HTML5 Differences from HTML4 (the document was published in December
2014, shortly after the release of HTML5). Read also the history section available in
the HTML5.1 specification document.

What is HTML5?
On 28 October 2014, the W3C officially published HTML5 as a Web standard
(or recommendation of HTML5). HTML5 is the fifth major revision of the
format used to build Web pages and applications.
HTML5 contains powerful capabilities for Web-based applications with
more interaction, video support, graphics, more styling effects, and a full set
of APIs. HTML5 adapts to any device, be it a desktop, mobile, tablet, or
television device. HTML5 is an open platform developed under royalty free
licensing terms.
People use the term HTML5 in two ways:

to refer to a set of technologies that together form the future Open


Web Platform. These technologies include HTML5
specification, CSS3, SVG, MathML, Geolocation, XmlHttpRequest, Context 2D, Web
Fonts (WOFF) and others. The boundary of this set of technologies is informal and
changes over time.

to refer to the HTML5 specification, which is, of course, also part of the
Open Web Platform.

Although it would be great if people used one term to refer to the


specification and another term to refer to the set of specifications, in practice
people use the term both ways.
When HTML5 became a Web standard, Tim Berners-Lee, Web inventor and
W3C Director said:
"Today we think nothing of watching video and audio natively in the
browser, and nothing of running a browser on a phone. We expect to be able
to share photos, shop, read the news, and look up information anywhere, on
any device. Though they remain invisible to most users, HTML5 and the
Open Web Platform are driving these growing user expectations."

The HTML5 logo


Here is the HTML5 logo! It has been unveiled on 18 January 2011, so way
before HTML5 became a Web standard. This logo represents HTML5, the
cornerstone for modern Web applications.

Please check out both the HTML5 logo home page and the FAQ page for
more information on how to use the logo, etc. You will notably find out that
this logo does not imply validity or conformance, and that you are welcome
to be creative and make it fit into your own designs.

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