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It's Official: HTML5 Is a W3C Standard

Posted by timothy on from the well-that's-a-strong-word dept.

rjmarvin (3001897) writes The Worldwide Web Consortium today has elevated the HTML5 specification to 'recommendation' status , giving it the group's highest level of endorsement, which is akin to becoming a standard. The W3C also introduced Application Foundations with the announcement of the HTML5 recommendation to aid developers in writing Web applications, and said the organization is working with patents holders of the H.264 codec to agree on a baseline royalty-free interoperability level commitment.

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  1. It's Official: HTML5 Is a W3C Standard by null+etc. · · Score: 3, Funny

    That was fast.

  2. Re:WHY THE LINK ISN'T WORKING by jeffb+(2.718) · · Score: 4, Funny

    If they're actually specifying the embargo time in Eastern or Pacific Standard Time, even though most of the US remains on Daylight Saving Time until Sunday Nov 2, the confusion may last a bit longer than they expect.

    I love the way the link leads to a "sorry we can't find it, here are some suggestions..." page, with the first suggestion being the very same link, which produces the very same result. Okay, maybe I was looking for an error page.

  3. Re:Well, that's cool I guess by i+kan+reed · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm not sure slashdot counts as serious.