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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 2.0//EN">
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<TITLE>HTML 2.0 Materials</TITLE>
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<A HREF="../../"> <IMG ALT="WWW" SRC="../../Icons/WWW/WWWlogo48.gif"></A>
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<A HREF="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/"><IMG
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SRC="../valid_html.gif" ALT="HTML 2.0 Check" ></A>HTML 2.0 Materials
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The HTML 2.0 specification <A href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1866.txt">RFC
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1866</A>, is a product of the <A HREF="../HTML-WG/Overview.html"> HTML Working
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Group</A> of the
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<A href="http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/home.html">IETF</A>, edited by
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<A href="../../People/Connolly/">Dan Connolly</A>.
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<DT>
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<STRONG><A NAME="z9511html2">RFC 1866</A>. Proposed Standard</STRONG>
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<DD>
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<STRONG><A hREF="http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/html/rfc1866.txt">"HyperText
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Markup Language Specification -- 2.0"</A></STRONG>,<BR>
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T. Berners-Lee and D. Connolly, November 1995.
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<DT>
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Abstract
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<DD>
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The Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a simple markup language used to
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create hypertext documents that are platform independent. HTML documents
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are SGML documents with generic semantics that are appropriate for representing
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information from a wide range of domains. HTML markup can represent hypertext
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news, mail, documentation, and hypermedia; menus of options; database query
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results; simple structured documents with in-lined graphics; and hypertext
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views of existing bodies of information.
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<P>
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HTML has been in use by the World Wide Web (WWW) global information initiative
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since 1990. This specification roughly corresponds to the capabilities of
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HTML in common use prior to June 1994. HTML is an application of ISO Standard
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8879:1986 Information Processing Text and Office Systems; Standard Generalized
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Markup Language (SGML).
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<P>
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The `text/html' Internet Media Type (RFC 1590) and MIME Content Type (RFC
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1521) is defined by this specification.
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</DL>
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<PRE>Network Working Group T. Berners-Lee
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Request for Comments: 1866 MIT/W3C
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Category: Standards Track D. Connolly
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November 1995
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</PRE>
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<P>
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The published RFC is the same in content as the September 22 draft, which
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is available here in several formats:
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<UL>
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<LI>
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<A href="html-spec_toc.html"><CITE>Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0</CITE></A>
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(HTML hypertext)
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<LI>
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<A href="html-spec.ps">postscript</A>, (not A4 paper any more.)
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<LI>
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<A href="html-spec.ps.gz">gzip'd postscript</A>
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<LI>
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<A href="html-spec.texi">TeXinfo</A>,
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<LI>
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<A href="html-spec-19950922.tar.gz">distribution: gzip'd tar file</A> (243756
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bytes. md5: efcb501e64953971e3569721f1311391.
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<A HREF="html-spec-19950922.tar.gz.asc">PGP signature</A>.
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<A HREF="../../People/Connolly/connolly-pgp-key">PGP key</A>)
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</UL>
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<P>
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For folks that want to play around with the SGML source: It uses a document
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type by Gary Houston called Snafu. His
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.th-darmstadt.de/pub/text/sgml/misc/" >GF: General SGML
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Formatter</A> package includes this DTD and a few others, and some nifty
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tools to build TeXinfo, RTF, etc. from SGML documents.
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<H2>
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Background, <A NAME="history">history</A>
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</H2>
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<DT>
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<A href="html-pubtext.html">HTML 2.0 Public Text</A>
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<DD>
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Current DTD, SGML Declaration, and other "SGML code"
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<DT>
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<A HREF="../SGML/Overview.html">SGML</A>
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<DD>
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stuff
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<A href="../../People/Connolly/drafts/html-design.html">Connolly's HTML Design
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Notebook</A>
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<DD>
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Getting kinda old by now.
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<DT>
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<CITE><A href="charset-harmful.html">"Character Set" Considered
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Harmful</A></CITE>
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A discussion of terminology related to coded character sets and character
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encoding schemes.
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<DT>
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Aug 8 draft
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<DD>
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<UL>
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<LI>
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<A href="html-spec-19950808.tar.gz">distribution: gzip'd tar file</A>
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</UL>
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<DT>
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Aug 4 draft
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<DD>
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<UL>
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<LI>
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<A href="html-spec-19950804.tar.gz">distribution: gzip'd tar file</A>
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</UL>
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<DT>
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June 15 draft
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<DD>
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<UL>
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<LI>
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<A href="html-spec-19950615.tar.gz">gzip'd tar of the whole release</A>
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</UL>
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<DT>
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May 6 internet draft:
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<A HREF="ftp://ds.internic.net/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-html-spec-02.txt">
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Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0</A> (130423 bytes)
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<DD>
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<DT>
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For example, try this <A href="http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/waisbib?html">search
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for HTML</A> in <A href="http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/index.html">The
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Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies</A>.
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</DL>
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<P>
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See also:
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<DL>
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<DT>
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Archives of the <A HREF="../Forums">www-talk and www-html mailing lists</A>
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<DD>
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for details of the early development of HTML.
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<DT>
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<A HREF="../../WWW/">About the Web</A>
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<DD>
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which contains background and history of the web project.
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</DL>
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<P>
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This is a timeline of publication events for HTML:
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<DT>
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<A NAME="9511html2">Nov 1995</A>
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<DD>
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<A NAME="HTML29511" HREF="../../MarkUp/html-spec/">HTML 2.0 becomes IETF
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Proposed Standard</A><BR>
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This is an effort to create a specification for interoperablility among
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implementations of HTML. See also: <A HREF="../HTML-WG/Overview.html">IETF
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HTML Working group</A> (closed in 96).
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<DT>
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<A HREF="../html3/">March 1995: HTML 3.0 internet draft</A>
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<DD>
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"provides additional capabilities over previous versions such as tables,
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text flow around figures and math."
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<DT>
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<CITE><A HREF="../HTMLPlus/htmlplus_paper/htmlplus.html">A review of the
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HTML+ document format</A></CITE>
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<DD>
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David Raggett<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.elsevier.nl:80/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/6/0/6/">Computer
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Networks and ISDN Systems</A>,
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<A HREF="http://www.elsevier.nl/cgi-bin/cas/tree/store/comnet/cas_free/browse/browse.cgi?year=1994&volume=27&issue=2">27(2)</A>,
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pp. 135-145, November 1994.<BR>
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(<A HREF="http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/cgi-bin/bibshow?e=Uzqftfuujoh0thnm/vojrvf%7d737149&r=bibtex&mode=intra">BibTeX</A>)<BR>
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<A HREF="http://www.cern.ch/PapersWWW94/dsr.ps">PostScript</A>, Size: 847238,
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Printed: 10 pages from
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<A HREF="http://www.cern.ch/WWW94/PrelimProcs.html">Preliminary Proceedings
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at CERN</A>
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<DT>
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<A NAME="z20" HREF="../HTML-WG/940726-minutes.html">26 July 94 WWW IETF BOF
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Toronto</A>
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<DT>
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<A NAME="z18" HREF="../HTML-WG/940725-minutes.html"> 25 July 94 HTML-IG
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Toronto</A>
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<DT>
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HTML 2.0 July 1994 draft: Berners-Lee, Connolly, Muldrow
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<DD>
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The HTML specification was rewritten for consistency and usability by
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<A href="http://www.hal.com/~karen">Karen Muldrow</A> at HaL over the summer
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of 1994. Dan Connolly presented the draft at the Toronto IETF meeting, where
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the HTML working group was formed.
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<DT>
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<A HREF="../html-test/README.html">1994 April: HTML test suite; Dan
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Connolly</A>
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<DD>
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The internet draft spec for HTML expired, and there has been a lot of noise
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about a new spec. I've collected a test suite of HTML documents and created
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a DTD to parse them (with a few minor tweaks.)
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<P>
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Included are <A HREF="../html-test/html.dtd">DTD for HTML</A> that reflects
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current practice, along with a <A HREF="../html-test">whole mess of HTML
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files I got from various places to test it out</A>. This stuff has not been
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prepared for distribution, but you can check out the
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<A HREF="../html-test/Makefile">Makefile</A> for clues.
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<DT>
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<A HREF="html-direction.html"> <CITE>Toward Closure on HTML</CITE> </A>
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1994/04/07<BR>
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(see also
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<A href="http://gummo.stanford.edu/html/hypermail/www-talk-1994q2.subject-index.html">
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the www-talk mailing list archive</A> for responses)
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<DT>
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<A HREF="html-essay.html" NAME="9402formal"> <CITE>An Essay on HTML</CITE>
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</A><BR>
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aka
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<A NAME="feb94" HREF="../../People/Connolly/drafts/html-essay"><CITE>Toward
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a Formalism for Communication On the Web</CITE></A>
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<DD>
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1994/02/15
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<A HREF="../HTMLPlus/htmlplus_1.html">1993 November: HTML+ Discussion Document;
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Dave Raggett</A>
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<DD>
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Dave Ragget is working on a successor to HTML called HTML+. It is now supported
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by Bill Perry's w3 mode for emacs and by tkWWW.
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<A HREF="../../../drafts/htmlplus-comments.html">My comments</A> on the HTML+
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spec are under development.
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<DT>
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1993 June:
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<TT><A NAME="i-d" HREF="../draft-ietf-iiir-html-01.txt">draft-ietf-iiir-html-01.txt</A></TT>
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Berners-Lee and Connolly
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<DD>
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<PRE>
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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Tim Berners-Lee, CERN
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Internet Draft Daniel Connolly, Atrium
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IIIR Working Group June 1993
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</PRE>
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<P>
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This internet draft (now expired) was "sponsored" by the <EM>Integration
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of Internet Information Resources</EM> (IIIR) working group of the <EM>Internet
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Engineering Task Force</EM> (IETF).
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<UL>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="../1995-archive/HTML.html">HTML chunked version</A>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="../1995-archive/html-spec.html">HTML all-in-one version</A>
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<LI>
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<A HREF="../1995-archive/html-spec.tex">TeX</A>
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</UL>
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<DT>
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<A HREF="http://curia.ucc.ie/info/net/WWW-TEI_Meeting_Notes.html" NAME="z19">19
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Nov 93 WWW-TEI,Cork</A>
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<DD>
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<DT>
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<CITE><A HREF="../../History/1992/ENRAP/Article_9202" NAME="WWW92">World-Wide
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Web: The Information Universe</A></CITE>
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<DD>
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Berners-Lee, T., et al., (1992), Electronic Networking: Research, Applications
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and Policy, Vol 1 No 2, Meckler, Westport CT, Spring 1992
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<DT>
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1991
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<DD>
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Tim Berners-Lee originally drafted this as a somewhat informal reference
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on the HTML elements. The document has been edited continuously since then,
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with snapshots published through various means.
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<!-- @@ need to track down original versions -->
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<A NAME="z10" HREF="../HTMLConstraints.html"> Note on constraints</A> of
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original level1
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<HR>
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<ADDRESS>
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<A href="../../People/Connolly/">Dan Connolly</A>, HTML 2.0
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editor<A href="../../People/Connolly/"><BR>
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</A>$Revision: 1.52 $ by $Author: connolly $ on $Date: 1999/09/28 22:29:40
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