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HTML V5 and XHTML V2

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the battle-of-the-markup dept.

An anonymous reader writes "While the intention of both HTML V5 and XHTML V2 is to improve on the existing versions, the approaches chosen by the developers to make those improvements are very different. With differing philosophies come distinct results. For the first time in many years, the direction of upcoming browser versions is uncertain. This article uncovers the bigger picture behind the details of these two standards."

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  1. Re:Web Applications? by gsnedders · · Score: 5, Informative

    HTML 5 is aiming to support various things needed for web applications (in fact, the current draft is formed of two documents: Web Applications 1.0 and Web Forms 2.0). Also, see http://www.w3.org/2006/appformats/admin/charter.html.

  2. are html 5 and xhtml 2 worked on by W3C? by falconwolf · · Score: 4, Informative

    Both standards are being worked on the by the W3C standards group.

    According to the IBM paper html 5 is being done independently of the W3C. "In April 2007, the W3C voted on a proposal to adopt HTML V5 for review" is about as much as W3C has with html 5.

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