HTML is the family name for the group of languages that form the lingua franca of the World Wide Web.
The XHTML2 Working Group is chartered to continue to evolve HTML into an XML-based markup language, modularize it to make it easier to combine with other markup languages, and correct the problems known still to exist in areas such as internationalization, accessibility, device independence and forms processing. The HTML Working Group has been recently chartered to evolve traditional HTML. The Hypertext Coordination Group (HCG) is chartered to to address issues that may arise concerning several Working Groups in the Hypertext area. Participants in the HCG may also include liaison representatives of other standards bodies.
XHTML Basic 1.1 has ended its Candidate Recommendation period. Adding four new features for small devices which are the language's primary users, Version 1.1 is intended to be the convergence of the XHTML Basic 1.0 W3C Recommendation for mobile devices, released in coordination with the WAP Forum in 2000, and the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) XHTML Mobile profile. It will proceed to Proposed Recommendation shortly.
The Working Group issued a renewed Last Call Working Draft of the XHTML Role Attribute
Module. With the role attribute, authors can annotate XML
languages with machine-readable semantic information about the purpose of
elements. Use cases include accessibility, device adaptation, server-side
processing and complex data description. The attribute can be integrated into
any markup language based on XHTML Modularization.
The RDF in XHTML Task Force has issued a Last Call Working Draft of RDFa Syntax and a corresponding revision of the RDFa Primer. RDFa expresses semantics in XHTML. The rendered, hypertext data of XHTML is reused by the RDFa markup, so that publishers don't repeat themselves. The underlying abstract representation is RDF, which lets publishers build their own vocabulary, extend others, and evolve their vocabulary with maximal interoperability over time. The expressed structure is closely tied to the data, so that rendered data can be copied and pasted along with its relevant structure.
The Working Group issued a First Public Working Draft of the XHTML Access Module. This is a Module to enable generic document accessibility, by defining an element that, when used in conjunction with other XHTML modules in XHTML Family Markup Languages, enables a more robust accessibility model than is presently possible.
The HTML Working Group, started in March 2007, is working with a large base of public participants and W3C Member organizations (around 25). Three documents are currently being worked on:
The group issued First Public Working Drafts of HTML5 and Design Principles.
The Hypertext Coordination Group meets biweekly to coordinate between Working Groups that have related areas of interest.
XHTML Basic 1.1 is expected to go to Proposed Recommendation. The Working Group anticipates a zero-length Candidate Recommendation period for XHTML Modularization 1.1, and expects to take it straight to Proposed Recommendation. XHTML 1.1 second edition will be reissued to reference XHTML Modularization 1.1. RDFa is expected to go to Candidate Recommendation. Role is expected to go to Candidate Recommendation. The group anticipates publishing Last Call Working Drafts of CURIEs, XHTML 2.0 and XFrames.
| Group | Chair | Team Contact | Charter |
|---|---|---|---|
| HTML Working Group (participants) | Chris Wilson, Michael(tm) Smith | Dan Connolly | Chartered until 31 December 2010 |
| Hypertext Coordination Group (participants) | Chris Lilley, Deborah Dahl | Chris Lilley | Chartered until 31 October 2009 |
| XHTML2 Working Group (participants) | Steven Pemberton, Roland Merrick | Steven Pemberton | Chartered until 31 December 2009 |
This Activity Statement was prepared for the October 2008 W3C Advisory Committee Meeting (Members only) per section 5 of the W3C Process Document. Generated from group data.
Steven Pemberton, HTML Activity Lead
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