 A markup language  Structures content on the internet  Commonly used by web browsers

 Building blocks for all web pages  Static, stateless markup language  Written with Elements  Creates visual and audible web pages that web browsers produce

 1990: HTML was created  1995: HTML 2 was finished  2000: HTML became an international standard  2004: HTML4 was standardized  2004: HTML5 started to be developed

 Sir Tim Berners-Lee  Created the World Wide Web  First website was created on August 6, 1991.

 Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)  Helped create W3C SchoolsW3C Schools  One of six people to be inducted into the World Wide Web Hall of Fame

 Free and open to be used by anyone  No copyright in HTML code  Flexible  Standardized language for all web browsers

 Highly customizable with the creation of CSS  HTML5 is a cooperation between the World Wide Web Consortium(W3C) and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG)

 New features should be based on HTML, CSS, DOM and Javascript  Reduce the need for external plugins (ex. Flash)  Better error handling

 More markup to replace scripting  HTML5 strives to be device independent  Development is visible to the general public!

 Element for 2D drawing  New and elements for media playback.  New form controls such as calendar, date, time, , url, and search

 Supports local storage of files and information  New content-specific elements such as,,, and

 Not yet an official standard  No browser has full HTML5 support  Major browsers continue to add new features to their latest versions