HTML 5 Updates

**HTMLBasicTutor** · Share | #1 (**permalink**) 11-01-2010, 01:09 PM

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Eight HTML5 Drafts Updated

25 October 2010 | Archive

http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8937

The HTML Working Group published eight documents:

http://www.w3.org/html/wg/

* Working Drafts of the HTML5 specification, the accompanying explanatory document HTML5 differences from HTML4, and the related non-normative reference HTML: The Markup Language.

* Working Drafts of the specifications HTML+RDFa 1.1 and HTML Microdata, which define mechanisms for embedding machine-readable data in HTML documents, and the specification HTML Canvas 2D Context, which defines a 2D immediate-mode graphics API for use with the HTML5 <canvas> element.

* HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives, which is intended to help authors provide useful text alternatives for images in HTML documents.

* Polyglot Markup: HTML-Compatible XHTML Documents, which is intended to help authors produce XHTML documents that are also compatible with non-XML HTML syntax and parsing rules.

Learn more about HTML5.

http://www.w3.org/html/

Source: W3C Public Newsletter, 2010-11-01
Note the bolded items.

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #2 (**permalink**) 11-15-2010, 04:52 PM

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09 November 2010 | Archive

http://www.w3.org/News/2010#entry-8953

W3C has launched the HTML5 Korean Interest Group, whose mission is to facilitate focused discussion in Korean of the HTML5 specification and of specifications closely related to HTML5, to gather comments and questions in Korean about those specifications, to collect information about specific use cases in Korea for technologies defined in those specifications, and to report the results of its activities as a group back to the HTML Working Group and others in the community. Learn more in the charter, join the Interest Group, and learn more about the W3C HTML Activity.

http://www.w3.org/html/ig/ko/
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
http://www.w3.org/html/ig/ko/charter
http://www.w3.org/html/ig/ko/#join
http://www.w3.org/html/

Source: W3C Public Newsletter, 2010-11-15

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #3 (**permalink**) 01-17-2011, 05:49 PM

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14 January 2011 | Archive

http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-8990
The HTML Working Group published eight documents:

http://www.w3.org/html/wg/

* Working Drafts of the HTML5 specification, the accompanying explanatory document HTML5 differences from HTML4, and the related non-normative reference HTML: The Markup Language.

* Working Drafts of the specifications HTML+RDFa 1.1 and HTML Microdata, which define mechanisms for embedding machine-readable data in HTML documents, and the specification HTML Canvas 2D Context, which defines a 2D immediate-mode graphics API for use with the HTML5 <canvas> element.

* HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives, which is intended to help authors provide useful text alternatives for images in HTML documents.

* Polyglot Markup: HTML-Compatible XHTML Documents, which is intended to help authors produce XHTML documents that are also compatible with non-XML HTML syntax and parsing rules.

Learn more about HTML5.

http://www.w3.org/html/

Source: W3C Public Newsletter, 2011-01-17

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #4 (**permalink**) 01-24-2011, 05:32 PM

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18 January 2011

W3C unveiled today an HTML5 logo, a striking visual identity for the open web platform. W3C encourages early adopters to use HTML5 and to provide feedback to the W3C HTML Working Group as part of the standardization process. Now there are logos for those who have taken up parts of HTML5 into their sites, and for anyone who wishes to tell the world they are using or referring to HTML5, CSS, SVG, WOFF, and other technologies used to build modern Web applications. The logo home page includes a badge builder (which generates code for displaying the logo), a gallery of sites using the logo, links for buying an HTML5 T-shirt, instructions for getting free stickers, and more. The logo is available under "Creative Commons 3.0 By" so it can be adapted by designers to meet their needs. See also the HTML5 logo FAQ and learn more about HTML5.

Source: W3C Public Newsletter, 2011-01-24

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #5 (**permalink**) 02-14-2011, 05:03 PM

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W3C Extends HTML Working Charter: HTML5 Last Call in May 2011 and Recommendation in 2014

14 February 2011 | Archive

W3C extends today the charter of the HTML Working Group, reaffirming the commitment for "HTML5" to reach Last Call in May 2011, and announcing plans to reach Recommendation by 2014.

"Even as innovation continues, advancing HTML5 to Recommendation provides the entire Web ecosystem with a stable, tested, interoperable specification," said Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. W3C is developing a comprehensive test suite to help achieve broad interoperability for the full specification. Stable specifications are useful targets for interoperability at the same time that innovation never ceases. Therefore, to fulfill the W3C HTML Working Group's mission, W3C Director Tim Berners-Lee encourages the participants to begin discussion of requirements for future versions of HTML after HTML5 reaches Last Call. Read more in the press release and learn more about HTML.

http://www.w3.org/html/logo/
http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/
http://www.w3.org/html/wiki/Testing
http://www.w3.org/2011/02/htmlwg-pr
http://www.w3.org/html/

http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9015

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #6 (**permalink**) 03-21-2011, 07:03 PM

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17 March 2011 | Archive
The Web Applications Working Group has published a Last Call Working Draft of "HTML5 Web Messaging." Web browsers, for security and privacy reasons, prevent documents in different domains from affecting each other; that is, cross-site scripting is disallowed. While this is an important security feature, it prevents pages from different domains from communicating even when those pages are not hostile. This specification defines two mechanisms for communicating between browsing contexts in HTML documents. Comments are welcome through 01 June. Learn more about the Rich Web Client Activity.

http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-webmessaging-20110317/
http://www.w3.org/2006/rwc/

http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9039

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #7 (**permalink**) 04-11-2011, 05:20 PM

06 April 2011 | Archive

http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9056

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The HTML Working Group published eight documents:

http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
* Working Drafts of the HTML5 specification, the accompanying explanatory document HTML5 differences from HTML4, and the related non-normative reference HTML: The Markup Language.
* Working Drafts of the specifications HTML+RDFa 1.1 and HTML Microdata, which define mechanisms for embedding machine-readable data in HTML documents, and the
* HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives, which is intended to help authors provide useful text alternatives for images in HTML documents.
* Polyglot Markup: HTML-Compatible XHTML Documents, which is intended to help authors produce XHTML documents that are also compatible with non-XML HTML syntax and parsing rules.

Learn more about HTML5.

http://www.w3.org/html/

More news: http://www.w3.org/News/archive

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #8 (**permalink**) 05-30-2011, 04:30 PM

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25 May 2011 | Archive

http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9105

[] W3C today called for broad review of HTML5 and five related
specifications published by the W3C HTML Working Group. HTML5
offers powerful tools for creating Web-based applications that
will run on any device. By issuing a Last Call announcement,
the HTML Working Group encourages people to comment on the
extent to which they believe that technical requirements have
been met and significant dependencies with groups inside and
outside W3C have been satisfied. Comments are welcome through 3
August. Each document includes instructions for providing
feedback in the status section of the document:

http://www.w3.org/html/logo/
http://www.w3.org/html/wg/
* HTML5
* HTML+RDFa 1.1
* HTML Microdata
* HTML Canvas 2D Context
* Polyglot Markup: HTML-Compatible XHTML Documents
* HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives

The HTML Working Group published three other drafts today as
well: "HTML: The Markup Language Reference," "HTML5 diffs from
HTML4," and "HTML to Platform Accessibility APIs
Implementation Guide."

http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html-markup-20110525/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html5-diff-20110525/
http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-html-aapi-20110525/

Read the press release and FAQ for HTML5 Last Call and learn
more about HTML.

http://www.w3.org/2011/05/html5lc-pr
http://www.w3.org/2011/05/html5lc-faq
http://www.w3.org/html/

http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9105

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #9 (**permalink**) 04-09-2012, 04:31 PM

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The HTML Working Group has published ten updated working drafts:

•the HTML5 specification
•HTML5: Edition for Web Authors
•HTML5 differences from HTML4
•HTML+RDFa 1.1
•HTML Microdata
•HTML Canvas 2D Context
•HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives
•Polyglot Markup: HTML-Compatible XHTML Documents
•HTML to Platform Accessibility APIs Implementation Guide
•HTML: The Markup Language
There is a comprehensive list of the changes made to the HTML5 spec since publication of the previous HTML Working Draft (May 2011). Most of the changes are fine-tuning refinements rather than major new additions, in keeping with the progress of the specification toward greater stability, and transitioning toward an upcoming Candidate Recommendation draft.

Ten HTML5 Drafts Updated 29 March 2012
Links provided in original post to each of the above.

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #10 (**permalink**) 04-23-2012, 08:09 PM

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When the HTML5 specifications advanced to Last Call, we wrote in this forum HTML5: Are We There Yet?. We're posting here today to give an update on progress made with the HTML5 specifications, and where we're heading next.

The HTML Working Group Chairs have developed a draft stabilization plan with a timeline for advancing the HTML5 specifications to W3C Recommendation. Given some substantive changes based on feedback, the Chairs plan to start a second Last Call review for the HTML5 specifications. Some further details:

Continued: Progress on HTML5 - W3C Blog April 23, 2012 7:20 PM

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #11 (**permalink**) 09-19-2012, 02:06 PM

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Introduction

The HTML Working Group has made much progress on HTML5 and related specifications. The HTML Working Group Chairs and the Protocols and Formats WG Chair have been asked by the W3C Team to provide a credible plan to get HTML5 to Recommendation status by 2014. Challenges remain in achieving this goal. We sought to produce a plan that achieves this date and that has minimal risk of delays from unexpected events.

We'd like to now propose our draft plan to the HTML Working Group for consideration. Here are the key points of our plan:

•Revise the draft HTML WG charter to indicate an HTML 5.0 Recommendation in 2014Q4 and an HTML 5.1 Recommendation in 2016Q4.

• Use Candidate Recommendation exit criteria to focus testing where it is advisable (e.g. new features), without wasting time on testing where it is inappropriate (such as when interoperability is already proven on the Web)

• Use modularity to manage the size and complexity of the specifications while reducing social conflict within a constrained timeline:

◦ Gain agreement that the remaining open issues can proceed via extension specifications at first. Provide an opportunity to merge extension specifications back into the baseline spec upon getting WG consensus and after the extension specifications meet their Candidate Recommendation exit criteria.

◦Welcome the option of extension specifications that don't merge back at all and instead proceed at different paces and possibly even with different Candidate Recommendation exit criteria.

We invite the HTML WG, the Accessibility Task Force and the PF WG to review this plan with an open mind and provide feedback.

Posted to W3C HTML Group Mailing List Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:33:55

Easier to read version: Plan 2014

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #12 (**permalink**) 10-29-2012, 09:38 PM

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The HTML Working Group has published nine updated working drafts:
•The HTML5 specification
•HTML5: Edition for Web Authors
•HTML5 differences from HTML4
•HTML Microdata
•HTML Canvas 2D Context
•HTML5: Techniques for providing useful text alternatives
•Polyglot Markup: HTML-Compatible XHTML Documents
•HTML to Platform Accessibility APIs Implementation Guide
•HTML: The Markup Language

There is a list of the changes made to the HTML5 specification since publication of the previous HTML Working Draft (March 2012). The changes are essentially fine-tuning refinements rather than major new additions, in keeping with the progress of the specification toward greater stability, and transitioning toward an upcoming Candidate Recommendation draft.

Learn more about HTML.

25 October 2012
Nine HTML5 Drafts Updated

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #13 (**permalink**) 12-17-2012, 07:20 PM

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W3C published today the complete definition of the HTML5 and Canvas 2D specifications. Though not yet W3C standards, these specifications are now feature complete, meaning businesses and developers have a stable target for implementation and planning. "As of today, businesses know what they can rely on for HTML5 in the coming years, and what their customers will demand," said Jeff Jaffe, W3C CEO. HTML5 is the cornerstone of the Open Web Platform, a full programming environment for cross-platform applications with access to device capabilities; video and animations; graphics; style, typography, and other tools for digital publishing; extensive network capabilities; and more. Read the full press release and W3C Member testimonials.

To reduce browser fragmentation and extend implementations to the full range of tools that consume and produce HTML, W3C now embarks on the stage of W3C standardization devoted to interoperability and testing. W3C is on schedule to finalize the HTML5 standard in 2014. In parallel, the W3C community will continue its work on next generation HTML features, including extensions to complement built-in HTML5 accessibility, responsive images, and adaptive streaming.

The HTML Working Group also published first drafts of HTML 5.1, HTML Canvas 2D Context, Level 2, and main element, providing an early view of the next round of standardization. Learn more About HTML.

HTML5 Definition Complete, W3C Moves to Interoperability Testing and Performance
17 December 2012

**HTMLBasicTutor** · #14 (**permalink**) 03-18-2013, 04:54 PM

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The HTML Working Group today published HTML Image Description Extension as First Public Working Draft. This specification ("HTML-longdesc") enables web authors to provide longer text descriptions for complex images. It defines the "longdesc" attribute to link descriptions with images in HTML5 content. HTML-longdesc is an extension specification that is part of the HTML5 family of specifications, which enables it to evolve independently and be finalized more rapidly. It is developed by the HTML Accessibility Task Force in coordination with the HTML WG and the WAI Protocols and Formats Working Group (PFWG). HTML-longdesc is part of W3C's work to ensure that the Open Web Platform is accessible to people with disabilities. Please see important additional information in the call for review e-mail. Learn more about the HTML Activity and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).

HTML Image Description Extension Draft Published
12 March 2013