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<title>W3C Invites Broad Review of HTML5</title>
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<p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home"
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alt="W3C" width="72" height="48" /></a> <span class="info">For Immediate
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Release</span></p>
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<h1>W3C Invites Broad Review of HTML5</h1>
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<h2>Feedback Sought on Outstanding Issues as Technology Makes Steady Progress
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toward Standard</h2>
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<a href="html5lc-pr.html.fr">Français</a> and <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/Press/Releases-2011#x2011-html5lc">Translations</a> |
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/Press/">W3C Press Release Archive</a> </div>
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<p style="float: right; margin-left: 1em"><a
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href="http://www.w3.org/html/logo/"><img
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src="http://www.w3.org/html/logo/downloads/HTML5_Logo_128.png" alt="HTML5"
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width="128" height="128" /> </a> </p>
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<p><a href="http://www.w3.org/">http://www.w3.org/</a> — 25 May 2011 — W3C
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today called for broad review of HTML5 and five related specifications that
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constitute the foundation of W3C's <a href="/standards/">Open Web Platform</a>.
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At the heart of this platform, HTML5 offers powerful tools for creating
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Web-based applications that will run on any device. Due to the significant
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impact of this technology on industry and society, W3C is actively seeking
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feedback at this phase of the standards process.</p>
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<p>"We're seeing interest in HTML5 everywhere, and I am very excited that HTML5
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has reached Last Call," said Philippe Le Hégaret, the W3C manager responsible
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for HTML5, CSS, SVG, WOFF, and other user interaction technologies. "The HTML
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Working Group is W3C's largest group with over 50 W3C Members and more than 200
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invited experts. Reaching agreements in this large a community is a tremendous
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achievement."</p>
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<p>The <a href="/html/wg/">W3C HTML Working Group</a> invites broad review
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through 3 August, in particular on the priority open issues that are listed at
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the beginning of each document. The W3C HTML Working Group also invites
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contributions to the growing <a href="http://www.w3.org/wiki/HTML/Testing">HTML
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test suite</a>, an important instrument for achieving interoperability.</p>
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<p>W3C also reconfirmed today that, as <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/2011/02/htmlwg-pr.html">announced</a>, these
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specifications are on track to become stable standards in 2014.</p>
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<h2>Broad Review to Help Resolve Outstanding Issues</h2>
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<p>By issuing a <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/Process-20051014/tr.html#last-call">Last
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Call</a> announcement, the HTML Working Group encourages people to comment on
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the extent to which they believe that technical requirements have been met and
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significant dependencies with groups inside and outside W3C have been
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satisfied. In September 2010, the HTML Working Group Chairs <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2010Sep/0074.html">announced</a>
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a plan and schedule to reach Last Call. Their plan included mechanisms to
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balance the community's desire for timely completion with the need to give all
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issues due consideration. The HTML Working Group has resolved forty issues
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since October 2010, but a number of decisions—including several related to
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accessibility—remain to be addressed during this phase of the standards
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process.</p>
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<p>"We now invite new voices to let us know whether these specifications
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address a broad set of needs," said Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director. "This
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process for resolving dependencies with other groups is a central part of our
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mission of ensuring the Web is well-designed, including being available to all.
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W3C staff will provide the HTML Working Group the support it needs to move
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forward, and to ensure that the specification meets W3C's commitments in areas
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such as accessibility, internationalization, security, and privacy."</p>
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<p>The HTML Working Group Chairs have published a <a
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href="http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2011May/0162.html">timeline
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for Last Call</a> through the next transition. More information can be found in
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a <a href="html5lc-faq.html">FAQ for the HTML5 Last Call</a>.</p>
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<h2>Providing Feedback to the HTML Working Group</h2>
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<p>To provide feedback on any of the specifications published as Last Call
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Working Drafts, please see the instructions in the status section of each
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document:</p>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/">HTML5</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/rdfa-in-html/">HTML+RDFa 1.1</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/microdata/">HTML Microdata</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2dcontext/">HTML Canvas 2D Context</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html-polyglot/">Polyglot Markup:
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HTML-Compatible XHTML Documents</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html-alt-techniques/">HTML5: Techniques for
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providing useful text alternatives</a></li>
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</ol>
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<p>The HTML Working Group published three additional documents today (not as
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Last Call drafts):</p>
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<ol>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/">HTML: The Markup Language
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Reference</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html5-diff/">HTML5 diffs from HTML4</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html-aapi/">HTML to Platform Accessibility
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APIs Implementation Guide</a></li>
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</ol>
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<h2>About the World Wide Web Consortium</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 325 organizations are <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List">Members</a> of the Consortium.
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W3C is jointly run by the <a href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/">MIT Computer
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Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory</a> (MIT CSAIL) in the USA, the
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<a href="http://www.ercim.eu/">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="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Offices/">Offices worldwide</a>. For more
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information see <a href="http://www.w3.org/">http://www.w3.org/</a></p>
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<h2>Media Contacts</h2>
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<dl>
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<dt><strong>Contact Americas, Australia</strong> —</dt>
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<dd>Ian Jacobs, <<a href="mailto:ij@w3.org">ij@w3.org</a>>,
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+1.718.260.9447</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 6 76 86 33 41</dd>
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