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This page summarizes the relationships among specifications, whether they are finished standards or drafts. Below, each title links to the most recent version of a document.

Completed Work

W3C Recommendations have been reviewed by W3C Members, by software developers, and by other W3C groups and interested parties, and are endorsed by the Director as Web Standards. Learn more about the W3C Recommendation Track.

Group Notes are not standards and do not have the same level of W3C endorsement.

Standards

2008-10-14

RDFa in XHTML: Syntax and Processing

translations · errata

RDFa in XHTML allows to express structured data through mar kup attributes, based on an RDF modelling.

2008-07-29

XHTML™ Basic 1.1

translations · errata

XHTML Basic 1.1 defines a profile of XHTML designed for small devices.

2006-09-20

XHTML-Print

translations · errata

XHTML Print defines a profile of XHTML designed for printin g from mobile devices to low-cost printers.

2003-01-09

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification

translations · errata

DOM Level 2 HTML defines a programming interface to access and update the content and structure of HTML and XHTML documents.

2002-08-01

XHTML™ 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition)

errata

XHTML 1.0 is a reformulation of HTML 4 as an XML language.

2001-05-31

XHTML™ 1.1 - Module-based XHTML

errata

A more recent draft may replace this Recommendation.

XHTML 1.1 redefines XHTML 1.0 based on a modular design, with support for Ruby Annotat ion.

2001-05-31

Ruby Annotation

translations · errata

Ruby Annotation is an XHTML module to support short runs of text alongside a base text , typically used in East Asian documents to indicate pronunciation.

1999-12-24

HTML 4.01 Specification

errata

HTML 4.01 defines the semantics and structure of HTML documents.

Group Notes

2009-01-16

XHTML Media Types - Second Edition

XHTML Media Types recapitulates which media types can and should be used with the different flavors of XHTML, and under what conditions.

2008-10-14

RDFa Primer

RDFa Primer explains how to use RDFA in XHTML through examples and illustrations.

2008-06-10

HTML 5 Publication Notes

HTML 5 Publication Notes is a companion document to the HTML 5 specification that gives more context about a given version of the drafts.

2008-05-30

Offline Web Applications

Offline Web Applications highlights the features in HTML 5 that address the challenge of building Web applications that work while offline.

2002-09-02

XHTML 1.0 in XML Schema

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2002-01-31

XHTML+SMIL Profile

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2000-11-08

HTML Working Group Roadmap

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

Drafts

Below are draft documents: Last Call Drafts, other Working Drafts. Some of these may become Web Standards through the W3C Recommendation Track process. Others may be published as Group Notes or become obsolete specifications.

Last Call Drafts

2008-05-26

XHTML Access Module

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2008-04-07

XHTML Role Attribute Module

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

Other Working Drafts

2009-10-29

Web Database

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2009-10-29

Server-Sent Events

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2009-10-29

The Web Sockets API

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2009-10-29

Web Storage

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2009-10-29

Web Workers

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2009-10-29

DataCache API

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2009-10-15

HTML+RDFa

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2009-09-29

WebSimpleDB API

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2009-08-25

HTML 5

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2009-08-25

HTML 5 differences from HTML 4

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2008-12-19

XForms for HTML

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2007-11-26

HTML Design Principles

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2007-02-16

XHTML™ 1.1 - Module-based XHTML - Second Edition

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2005-10-12

XFrames

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2002-09-13

HLink: Link recognition for the XHTML Family

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

2002-05-15

Syntax of CSS rules in HTML's "style" attribute

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

1999-09-06

XHTML™ Document Profile Requirements

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

Obsolete Specifications

These specifications have either been superseded by others, or have been abandoned. They remain available for archival purposes, but are not intended to be used.

Retired

2002-08-09

An XHTML + MathML + SVG Profile

This is a sample short description for this specification; over time we will replace this description with a real one.

Resources Developed Outside W3C

The following resources are relevant to this area of work.

HTML 2.0 (IETF RFC 1866)

RFC 1866: Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0 defines "the capabilities of HTML in common use prior to Ju ne 1994".

HTML 1.0

Historical description of the first version of the Hypertext Markup Language.