In the world of web standards it’s old news, but the W3C has recently announced their decision to continue work on the HTML specification. HTML is probably the oldest and most widely known specification to come out of the W3C working group, but this time its going to be a bit different:
The plan is to charter a completely new HTML group. Unlike the previous one, this one will be chartered to do incremental improvements to HTML, as also in parallel xHTML. It will have a different chair and staff contact. It will work on HTML and xHTML together. We have strong support for this group, from many people we have talked to, including browser makers.
The floor has been open for a few weeks and already the flood of opinions is a site to behold! Everyone from dabblers to standards-zealots can now complain about limitations, request new features and share the wealth of their years of experience with the standard that’s a household name. Now if I could just think of something to say that hasn’t already been said…
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