Major HTML Versions

    

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.