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This page documents specifications which have some past or present relationship to the WHATWG HTML Standard.
Spin-offs
Work that once took place within the WHATWG HTML Standard but that now continues elsewhere.
| Former section(s) | Current specification | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Content-Type Processing Model | MIME Sniffing (WHATWG) | |
| DOM Parsing and Serialization | DOM Parsing and Serialization (WHATWG) | |
| Editing APIs | HTML Editing APIs (W3C) | |
| UndoManager and DOM Transaction (W3C) | ||
| Origin | The Web Origin Concept (IETF) | RFC 6454 |
| Selectors API | Selectors API Level 1 (W3C) | |
| Selectors API Level 2 (W3C) | ||
| URL | URLs (WHATWG) | |
| IRIs (IETF) | ||
| Web Database | Web SQL Database (W3C) | Abandoned in late 2010. |
| WebRTC | WebRTC (W3C) | |
| Web Sockets |
The WebSocket Protocol (IETF) |
RFC 6455 |
| Web Subtitle Resource Tracks | WebVTT (W3C) | |
| XMLHttpRequest | XMLHttpRequest (WHATWG) | |
| XMLHttpRequest (W3C) |
Republications
Work that is being done in the WHATWG HTML Standard and then republished separately elsewhere.
| Current section(s) | Derivative specification | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Web workers | Web Workers (W3C) | |
| Server-sent events | Server-Sent Events (W3C) | |
| Web sockets | The WebSocket API (W3C) | |
| Web storage | Web Storage (W3C) |
Forks
Work that has forked from the WHATWG HTML Standard and may differ significantly from that document.
| Derivative specification | Standards body | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| HTML5 | W3C | Regularly takes patches from the WHATWG spec, but is not up to date and doesn't take all changes. See this document for an incomplete list of differences. |