Major HTML Versions and its advantages
- HTML tags was published by Berners lee in the year 1991.
- HTML Version 4.0 was released by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) in the year 1997.
- Later XHTML-1.0 was published in the year 2002 it is nothing but XML with HTML.
- XHTML-2.0 was published in the year 2006.
- The latest Version of HTML which we are using now was HTML5 was published in the year 2008.
- Later XHTML5 was published in the year 2009.
- HTML5 was started in the year 2004 by the WHATWG(Web Hyper Text Application Technology Working Group).
- HTML5 was specified by the Ian Hickson Google.
Features of HTML5:
Backward compatibility with HTML4 and XHTML1.0 and XHTML2.0.
HTML elements:
There are some elements which are used in HTML for example.
<header>
<footer>
<section>
<article>
<nav>
Advantages of HTML5:
- Backward compatibility.
- Simpler Syntax.
- New elements are present in HTML5 which makes the design responsive.
- Audio and video are played with out using any plugins.
- In-Line SVG ( Scalable Vector Graphics).
- Easier for development and easy for use.
