Version of HTML?
We are mostly aware of websites. For creating any web page, we require HTML. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. HTML has evolved so much from the initial stage when it was formed.
HTML5 is the latest version of HTML. HTML has evolved with the passage of time. Other versions of HTML include HTML 1.0, HTML 2.0, HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 and XHTML.
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Versions |
Year |
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HTML 1.0 |
1991 |
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HTML 2.0 |
1995 |
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HTML 3.2 |
1997 |
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HTML 4.01 |
1999 |
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XHTML |
2000 |
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HTML5 |
2014 |
HTML 1.0
HTML 1.0 or first version of HTML was a version of SGML that had ability to link different document or pages using ‘href’.
HTML 1.0 had 20 elements or tags, now latest version of HTML, ie HTML5 has a lot more..
HTML 2.0
After HTML 1.0, the second version of HTML was released in 1994. HTML 2.0 was an expansion of HTML 1.0.
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) was behind it’s creation.
HTML 3.2
HTML 3.2 was released In 1997. HTML 3.2 had many new features like tables, superscript, subscript etc.
Two most important features introduced in HTML 3.2 were tables and text flow around images.
HTML 4.01
HTML 4.01 introduced features like scripting, style sheets, better tables, better forms frames and embedding objects.
It was a revised version of HTML 4.0, it also included features for the disabled people to enhance their interactivity with the Global world through Internet.
XHTML
In 2000 XHTML was released. XHTML stands for Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language. XHTML has strict set of rules and it is basically an XML application of HTML.
HTML5
So all of this added up and then after so many year HTML5 was released in 2014. HTML5 is the best version of HTML up till now. HTML5 improved user interactivity so much and also lessened the burden of devices.
