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HTML (hypertext markup language) originally was a SGML based markup language. XHTML is HTML redeveloped using the stricter XML rules. Disagreement over the direction of W3C developments from some of the browser vendors lead to the formation of the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG). They maintain the spec for the HTML5 or HTML Next or HTML Living Standard, which is not based on SGML any more. The W3C standardisation group will work to formalise the WHATWG specification as a series of standardised 'snapshots' of the living standard.

Identifiers

• File extension: .HTML, .HTM
• MIME type (Internet media type): text/html

Resources

• W3C specifications:
  • HTML (1) specification
  • HTML 2.0 specification (see also the RFC)
  • HTML 3.2 specification
  • HTML 4.01 specification
  • HTML5 working draft
  • XHTML 1.0 specification
  • XHTML 1.1 specification
• Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) specifications:
  • The WHATWG Wiki
  • HTML Living Standard
  • Blog post describing the background information of the living standard
  • List of all WHATWG specifications
  • List of 'HTML derivatives' and other spin-off specifications
  • HTML Snapshots
• W3C Web History Community Group