The History of HTML

HTML gets Revised

Period: Feb 11, 1990 to Feb 11, 1995

HTML went through a number of revisions and experienced a number of extensions, primarily hosted first at CERN, and then at the IETF.

HTML

Feb 21, 1995

A first abortive attempt at extending HTML known as HTML 3.0 then made way to a more pragmatic approach known as HTML 3.2 https://html.spec.whatwg.org/

HTML

Jun 9, 1996

then made way to a more pragmatic approach known as HTML 3.2 Source
http://amyhissom.com/HTML5-CSS3/history.html

HTML

Apr 24, 1997

HTML4 quickly followed later that same year Source
https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40-971218/

HTML

Nov 12, 1998

parts of the API for HTML developed by browser vendors were specified and published under the name DOM Level 1 Source
https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/introduction.html

HTML

Period: Jan 27, 2000 to Apr 14, 2003

DOM Level 2 Core and DOM Level 2 HTML

HTML

Aug 16, 2000

with a reformulation of HTML4 in XML, known as XHTML 1.0, which added no new features except the new serialization, and which was completed Source
https://html.spec.whatwg.org/

HTML

Oct 27, 2003

the publication of XForms, a technology which was positioned as the next generation of Web forms, sparked a renewed interest in evolving HTML itself, rather than finding replacements for it Source
https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/introduction.html

HTML

Apr 7, 2004

DOM Level 3 specifications published in 2004 but the working group being closed before all the Level 3 drafts were completed. Source
https://html.spec.whatwg.org/

HTML

Mar 17, 2006

the W3C indicated an interest to participate in the development of HTML5 after all, and in 2007 formed a working group chartered to work with the WHATWG on the development of the HTML5 specification. Source
http://amyhissom.com/HTML5-CSS3/history.html

HTML

Mar 25, 2011

For a number of years, both groups then worked together under the same editor: Ian Hickson. In 2011, the groups came to the conclusion that they had different goals: The W3C wanted to draw a line in the sand for features for a HTML5 Recommendation, while the WHATWG wanted to continue working on a Living Standard for HTML, continuously maintaining the specification and adding new features Source
https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/single-page.html

HTML

Mar 25, 2012

a new editing team was introduced at the W3C to take care of creating a HTML5 Recommendation and prepare a Working Draft for the next HTML version.