XHTML™ 1.2

W3C Editor's Draft 23 October 2008

This version:: http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/ED-xhtml12-20081023
Latest stable version:: http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml12
Previous Editor's Draft:: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/2008/ED-xhtml12-20081017
Diff from previous Editor's Draft:: xhtml12-diff.html
Editors:: Shane McCarron, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc.

This document is also available in these non-normative formats: Single XHTML 1.0 Strict file, PostScript version, PDF version, ZIP archive, and Gzip'd TAR archive.

Abstract

This specification builds upon XHTML 1.1 and XHTML Basic 1.1, helping to create an environment that is a superset of XHTML Basic 1.1. It also reintroduces widely requested features that were not included in XHTML 1.1. Finally, it incorporates new technologies to improve accessibility and integration with the semantic web.

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Quick Table of Contents

Full Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Conformance Definition
- 2.1. Document Conformance
  - 2.1.1. Strictly Conforming Documents
- 2.2. User Agent Conformance
3. The XHTML 1.2 Document Type
A. Changes from XHTML 1.1
B. References
- B.1. Normative References
- B.2. Informative References
C. XHTML 1.2 Document Type Definition
- C.1. SGML Open Catalog Entry for XHTML 1.2
- C.2. XHTML 1.2 Driver
- C.3. XHTML 1.2 Customizations
D. XHTML 1.2 XML Schema Definition
- D.1. XHTML 1.2 Schema Driver
- D.2. XHTML 1.2 Schema Modules
- D.3. XHTML 1.2 Customizations
- D.4. XML Schema Ruby Implementation
E. Acknowledgements