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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
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"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US" lang="en-US">
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<head>
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<title>W3C Relaunches HTML Activity</title>
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<link href="/StyleSheets/press.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
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</head>
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<body>
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<p><a href="/"><img alt="W3C" src="/Icons/w3c_home" width="72" height="48"
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/></a></p>
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<h1>W3C Relaunches HTML Activity</h1>
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<h2>Developers and Browser Vendors Shape HTML Future</h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><strong>Contact Americas, Australia</strong> --</dt>
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<dd>Janet Daly, <<a href="mailto:janet@w3.org">janet@w3.org</a>>,
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+1.617.253.5884 <em>or</em> +1.617.253.2613</dd>
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<dt><strong>Contact Europe, Africa and the Middle East</strong> --</dt>
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<dd>Marie-Claire Forgue, <<a
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href="mailto:mcf@w3.org">mcf@w3.org</a>>, +33.492.38.75.94</dd>
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<dt><strong>Contact Asia</strong> --</dt>
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<dd>Yasuyuki Hirakawa <<a
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href="mailto:chibao@w3.org">chibao@w3.org</a>>, +81.466.49.1170</dd>
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</dl>
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<div class="translations">
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<p xml:lang="en" lang="en">(also available in <a
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href="html-pressrelease.html.fr">French</a> and <a
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href="html-pressrelease.html.ja">Japanese</a>; see also <a
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href="/Press/Overview.html#x2007-html">translations in other
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languages</a>)</p>
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</div>
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<hr />
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<div class="menu">
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Press Release | <a href="/Press/">W3C Press Release Archive</a></div>
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<hr />
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<p><a href="/">http://www.w3.org/</a> -- 7 March 2007 -- Recognizing the
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importance of an open forum for the development of the predominant Web
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content technology, W3C today invites browser vendors, application
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developers, and content designers to help design the next version of HTML by
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participating in the new <a href="/html/wg/">W3C HTML Working Group</a>.
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Based on significant input from the design and developer communities within
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and outside the W3C Membership, W3C has <a
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href="HTML-WG-charter.html">chartered</a> the group to conduct its work in
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public and to solicit broad participation from W3C Members and non-Members
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alike.</p>
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<p>"HTML started simply, with structured markup, no licensing requirements,
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and the ability to link to anything. More than anything, this simplicity and
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openness has led to its tremendous and continued success," explained Tim
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Berners-Lee, W3C director and inventor of HTML. "It's time to revisit the
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standard and see what we can do to meet the current community needs, and to
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do so effectively with commitments from browser manufacturers in a visible
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and open way."</p>
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<h3>The Evolution of HTML</h3>
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<p>After the publication of HTML 4, and following a <a
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href="/MarkUp/future/htmlcall.html">1998 Workshop</a>, W3C set forth to turn
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HTML into an XML-based format, called XHTML, due to the <a
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href="/TR/webarch/#xml-formats">benefits of XML formats</a>. The <a
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href="/TR/2000/REC-xhtml1-20000126/">first full XHTML Recommendation</a> was
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issued in early 2000. But due to the significant legacy of Web content that
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is some variant of HTML, traditional browser vendors moved slowly to adopt
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XHTML. This, in turn, has meant little motivation for content developers to
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adopt XHTML for the traditional desktop environment. Leaders in the Web
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developer and design communities therefore urged W3C to renew its commitment
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to HTML by adding new features (starting with the <a href="/TR/html4/">HTML 4
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standard</a>) in a manner that is consistent with community practice and
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backward compatible. W3C will help ensure interoperability by making robust
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test suites and <a href="http://validator.w3.org/">validation services</a>
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available to the community for future technologies.</p>
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<p>W3C is pleased to relaunch work on HTML with strong support from its
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Members and more staff resources (including people and hardware). W3C has
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tailored the <a href="/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html">HTML Working Group
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Charter</a> to enable active participation from browser vendors, applications
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designers, and content developers, whose joint participation is key to the
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success of the future HTML.</p>
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<h3>The Value of XHTML</h3>
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<p>XHTML has proved valuable in other markets, including the market for
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mobile devices, in enterprise applications, on the server-side, and in an
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increasing number of Web applications such as blogging software. For example,
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the Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has included XHTML Basic as a
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cornerstone of the <a href="/TR/mobile-bp/">Mobile Web Best Practices</a>
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because software running in less memory can support it. The markets for XML
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content are significant and growing, so W3C will define an XML syntax for the
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new HTML in addition to the classic HTML syntax.</p>
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<p>One of the design aims for <a href="/TR/xhtml2/">XHTML 2.0</a> has been to
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keep it as generic as possible, reusing applicable XML standards, including
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XForms, XML Base, and XML Events, instead of HTML features that served
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similar purposes. Those design choices have led to XHTML 2.0 having an
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identity distinct from HTML. With the chartering of the <a
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href="/MarkUp/">XHTML 2 Working Group</a>, W3C will continue its technical
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work on the language at the same time it considers rebranding the technology
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to clarify its independence and value in the marketplace. </p>
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<p>In addition to the new HTML and XHTML 2 Working Groups, W3C is also
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pleased to recharter the Hypertext Coordination Group and charter the <a
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href="/MarkUp/Forms/">Forms Working Group</a>. The Forms Working Group will
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continue work on the <a href="/TR/xforms/">XForms</a> architecture, which has
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seen significant <a href="/MarkUp/Forms/#implementations">adoption</a> in a
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variety of platforms.</p>
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<h2>About the World Wide Web Consortium [W3C]</h2>
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<p>The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where
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Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to
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develop Web standards. W3C primarily pursues its mission through the creation
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of Web standards and guidelines designed to ensure long-term growth for the
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Web. Over 400 organizations are <a href="/Consortium/Member/List">Members</a>
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of the Consortium. W3C is jointly run by the <a
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href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/">MIT Computer Science and Artificial
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Intelligence Laboratory</a> (MIT CSAIL) in the USA, the <a
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href="http://www.ercim.org/">European Research Consortium for Informatics and
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Mathematics</a> (ERCIM) headquartered in France and <a
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href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/">Keio University</a> in Japan,and has additional
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<a href="/Consortium/Offices/">Offices worldwide</a>. For more information
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see <a href="/">http://www.w3.org/</a></p>
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