History of HTML

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The first version of HTML was made with SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language). SGML is a metalanguage, which means it can be used to create other languages. There were no standards for HTML in its beginnnigs until a group called the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) created standards by which web browsers had to follow.

HTML 1.0

HTML 1.0 was the first version of HTML. HTML 1.0 included support for inline images and text controls. HTML 1.0 had very limited features compared to later versions.

HTML 2.0

HTML 2.0 did everything 1.0 could do, but had added functionality. HTML 2.0 introduced interactive form elements and was the first version supported by all graphical browers.

HTML 3.0

HTML 3.0 was to be the replacement for 2.0, but was never widely adopted because browers were slow in slow in implementing new features available in HTML 3.0.

HTML 3.2

HTML 3.2 included support for limited programming with the use of scripts and additional support for the creation and formatting of tables and interactive form elements.

HTML 4.01

HTML 4.01 introduced support for style sheets, added new features for tables and forms, increased support for multimedia and expanded the scripting capabilities of HTML.

XHTML 1.0

XHTML 1.0 is a combination of HTML and XML with a slightly different set of coding standards and rules.

XHTML 1.1

A small update on 1.1 that allowed for greater modularity and simplified the use of extensions.

XHTML 2.0

XHTML 2.0 is the latest and current version of XHTML. XHTML 2.0 breaks backward compatibility with all previous versions of HTML.

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