W3C Publishes First Public Working Draft of HTML 5
The W3C announced today that after nine months, the HTML Working Group has published the first working draft of HTML 5: A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML. “HTML is of course a very important standard,” said Tim Berners-Lee, author of the first version of HTML and W3C Director. “I am glad to see that the community of developers, including browser vendors, is working together to create the best possible path for the Web…”
What’s new in HTML 5? Some of the more interesting features include APIs for:
- drawing two-dimensional graphics
- embedding and controlling audio and video content
- maintaining persistent client-side data storage, and
- enabling users to edit documents and parts of documents interactively
See the W3C press release for more features, as well as a list of changes from HTML 4.
