HTML5

First published2014
Issuing bodyW3C and WHATWG
DomainIT and Software
StatusCurrent, living standard since 2019

About HTML5

The fifth major revision of Hypertext Markup Language became a W3C Recommendation in October 2014, introducing native video and audio, canvas graphics and semantic elements. In 2019 the W3C and WHATWG agreed to maintain HTML as a single living standard, ending parallel development.

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