- From: Lachlan Hunt via cvs-syncmail <cvsmail@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:18:29 +0000
- To: public-html-commits@w3.org
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<p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt=W3C height=48
src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width=72></a> <!--end-logo-->
- <h1 id=the-web>The Web Developer’s Guide to HTML 5</h1>
+ <h1>The Web Developer’s Guide to HTML 5</h1>
- <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=w3c-editors>W3C Editor’s Draft 24 October
+ <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=w3c-editors>W3C Editor’s Draft 19 November
2008</h2>
<dl>
<dt>This version:
<dd><a
- href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/ED-html5-author-20081024">http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/ED-html5-author-20081024</a>
+ href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/ED-html5-author-20081119">http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/ED-html5-author-20081119</a>
<dt>Latest version:
@@ -246,19 +246,23 @@
<h2 id=introduction><span class=secno>1. </span>Introduction</h2>
- <p>The World Wide Web’s markup language has always been HTML. HTML was
- primarily designed as a language for semantically describing scientific
- documents, although its general design and adaptations over the years has
- enabled it to be used to describe a number of other types of documents.
+ <p>The most common format for publishing documents on the web and creating
+ web applications is HTML. From its beginning as a relatively simple
+ language primarily designed for describing scientific documents, it has
+ grown and adapted to a wide variety needs ranging from publishing news and
+ blogs, to providing the foundation for full blown applications for email,
+ maps, word processing and spreadsheets.
- <p>The main area that has not been adequately addressed by HTML is a vague
- subject referred to as Web Applications. HTML5 attempts to rectify this,
- while at the same time updating the HTML specifications to address issues
- raised in the past few years. However, the HTML5 specification is very
- much written to meet the needs of implementers rather than web designers
- and developers, making it more difficult to read and understand. This
- document is intended to meet the needs of web developers by focussing on
- document conformance criteria and authoring guidelines.
+ <p>As the uses of HTML have grown, the demands placed upon it by authors
+ have increased and the limitations of HTML become more pronounced. HTML 5
+ is attempting to fill these limitations with new features designed
+ specifically the address the needs of authors.
+
+ <p>However, the way the HTML5 specification is written is very much
+ targeted towards implementers rather than web designers and developers,
+ making it more difficult to read and understand. This document is intended
+ to meet the needs of web developers by focussing on document conformance
+ criteria and authoring guidelines.
<p>Authors who are familiar with previous versions of HTML are advised to
familiarise themselves with <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/">the
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
- <p>The World Wide Web’s markup language has always been HTML. HTML was
- primarily designed as a language for semantically describing scientific
- documents, although its general design and adaptations over the years has
- enabled it to be used to describe a number of other types of documents.</p>
+ <p>The most common format for publishing documents on the web and creating
+ web applications is HTML. From its beginning as a relatively simple
+ language primarily designed for describing scientific documents, it has
+ grown and adapted to a wide variety needs ranging from publishing news
+ and blogs, to providing the foundation for full blown applications for
+ email, maps, word processing and spreadsheets.</p>
- <p>The main area that has not been adequately addressed by HTML is a vague
- subject referred to as Web Applications. HTML5 attempts to rectify this,
- while at the same time updating the HTML specifications to address issues
- raised in the past few years. However, the HTML5 specification is very
- much written to meet the needs of implementers rather than web designers
- and developers, making it more difficult to read and understand. This
- document is intended to meet the needs of web developers by focussing on
- document conformance criteria and authoring guidelines.</p>
+ <p>As the uses of HTML have grown, the demands placed upon it by authors
+ have increased and the limitations of HTML become more pronounced.
+ HTML 5 is attempting to fill these limitations with new features designed
+ specifically the address the needs of authors.</p>
+
+ <p>However, the way the HTML5 specification is written is very much targeted
+ towards implementers rather than web designers and developers, making it
+ more difficult to read and understand. This document is intended to meet
+ the needs of web developers by focussing on document conformance criteria
+ and authoring guidelines.</p>
<p>Authors who are familiar with previous versions of HTML are advised to
familiarise themselves with <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/">the differences from HTML 4</a> [HTML4DIFF]</p>
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