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History of Html

By tiffx

  • The Origin

    The Origin
    Physicist Tim Bernes-Lee prototyped ENQUIRE, a system for researchers to use and share documents. This system would be later used to develop HTML.

  • The Creation

    The Creation
    Tim Berners-Lee starts to actually come up with the code for his World Wide Web project and produces the first recorded HTML documents.

  • The Publication

    The Publication
    Tim Berners-Lee publishes "HTML Tags" for people

  • Standardization

    Standardization
    HTML 2.0 to 4.0 are released to combat the quick development and different standards among users. Browser support has become nearly universal.

  • Evolution

    Evolution
    W3C releases XHTML 1.0. Their goal was to shift HTML towards XML.

  • The Rise of WHATWG

    The Rise of WHATWG
    A group of organizations & individuals got together to continue work on HTML, their goal being to take the HTML 4.0 specification and to just continue to improve it. They named themselves the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group, AKA WHATWG.

  • The Return of the W3C

    The Return of the W3C
    W3C adpots their web applications 1.0 and renamed them HTML 5.

  • Struggles

    Struggles
    W3C drops the charter from XHTML 2.0. Began to stagnate, and so W3C decided to basically stop all work on moving HTML towards XML.

  • The Present

    The Present
    Two specifications of HTML are being developed at the same time-- one by the W3C & one by the WHATWG. Occasional cooperations, but the specifications are considered seperate from one another due to their different goals.