FAQ: Revision history

8 January 2010

• curprev 01:3001:30, 8 January 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 43,966 bytes +113‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
• curprev 01:2701:27, 8 January 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 43,853 bytes +310‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?

6 January 2010

• curprev 03:4603:46, 6 January 2010‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 43,543 bytes +447‎ →‎When will HTML5 be finished?

18 December 2009

• curprev 10:4110:41, 18 December 2009‎ Zcorpan talk contribs‎ 43,096 bytes −1‎ →‎What will the DOCTYPE be?

11 December 2009

• curprev 19:0419:04, 11 December 2009‎ Ms2ger talk contribs‎ m 43,097 bytes +8‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?: Link; -linebreaks
• curprev 18:1218:12, 11 December 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 43,089 bytes +668‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?

24 November 2009

• curprev 02:4702:47, 24 November 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 42,421 bytes +3‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
• curprev 02:4402:44, 24 November 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 42,418 bytes +2‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
• curprev 02:4402:44, 24 November 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 42,416 bytes +20‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
• curprev 02:2402:24, 24 November 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 42,396 bytes +683‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
• curprev 02:1502:15, 24 November 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 41,713 bytes +296‎ →‎What are the various versions of the spec?
• curprev 02:1202:12, 24 November 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 41,417 bytes +2,500‎ →‎How can I keep track of changes to the spec?

18 October 2009

• curprev 10:4010:40, 18 October 2009‎ Ms2ger talk contribs‎ m 38,917 bytes +7‎ →‎Is design rationale documented?: Redirects

6 October 2009

• curprev 20:1220:12, 6 October 2009‎ Tantek talk contribs‎ 38,910 bytes +433‎ →‎The <cite> element should allow names of people to be marked up: s/we/some re: "have seen" and "italics", since many other "we"s have seen otherwise. add section noting research and opinions

17 September 2009

• curprev 13:5713:57, 17 September 2009‎ JimJJewett talk contribs‎ 38,477 bytes +63‎ →‎Is design rationale documented?: link to problems with caption etc

14 September 2009

• curprev 19:4819:48, 14 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 38,414 bytes −9‎ move design rationale faq entry up, rename it, and reword it
• curprev 18:3818:38, 14 September 2009‎ JimJJewett talk contribs‎ m 38,423 bytes +4‎ →‎Is there documentation of the reasoning behind various decisions?: Make the dead links potentially live
• curprev 18:3518:35, 14 September 2009‎ JimJJewett talk contribs‎ 38,419 bytes +552‎ Added section on why decisions were made

8 September 2009

• curprev 15:1015:10, 8 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 37,867 bytes +353‎ add web workers since nobody else did it; also make it clear which sections are HTML5 specific; did not put them under the HTML5 section because the toc seems more useful this way
• curprev 15:0115:01, 8 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 37,514 bytes −422‎ merge two questions by removing one and moving the other one

1 September 2009

• curprev 12:2212:22, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 37,936 bytes +16‎ →‎What is HTML5?
• curprev 11:2511:25, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 37,920 bytes −116‎ →‎The WHATWG: simplify and update Web Forms 2.0 info
• curprev 11:2311:23, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 38,036 bytes −610‎ →‎HTML5: Web Forms 2.0 is obsolete and references are in the spec
• curprev 11:2111:21, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 38,646 bytes −38‎ consistency
• curprev 11:1911:19, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 38,684 bytes −1‎ →‎What is HTML5?
• curprev 11:1911:19, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 38,685 bytes −1‎ →‎If there is no DTD, how can I validate my page?
• curprev 11:1611:16, 1 September 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 38,686 bytes −17‎ HTML 5 -> HTML5

18 August 2009

• curprev 03:3803:38, 18 August 2009‎ Miketaylr talk contribs‎ m 38,703 bytes +3‎ →‎HTML5 should support <code>href</code> on any element!

7 August 2009

• curprev 11:4711:47, 7 August 2009‎ Ms2ger talk contribs‎ m 38,700 bytes +220‎ →‎HTML5: Note references

5 August 2009

• curprev 23:2023:20, 5 August 2009‎ Elharo talk contribs‎ m 38,480 bytes 0‎ →‎If I’m careful with the syntax I use in my HTML document, can I process it with an XML parser?: serialisation --> serialization, as per spelling used in HTML 5 spec
• curprev 23:1923:19, 5 August 2009‎ Elharo talk contribs‎ m 38,480 bytes 0‎ →‎What MIME type does HTML5 use?: serialisation --> serialization, as per spelling used in HTML 5 spec
• curprev 23:1823:18, 5 August 2009‎ Elharo talk contribs‎ m 38,480 bytes 0‎ →‎What is an XML (or XHTML) Serialisation?: serialisation --> serialization, as per spelling used in HTML 5 spec
• curprev 23:1823:18, 5 August 2009‎ Elharo talk contribs‎ m 38,480 bytes 0‎ →‎What is an HTML Serialisation?: serialisation --> serialization, as per spelling used in HTML 5 spec
• curprev 02:0902:09, 5 August 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 38,480 bytes +706‎ →‎Feature proposals

29 July 2009

• curprev 23:5823:58, 29 July 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 37,774 bytes +1,111‎ No edit summary

16 July 2009

• curprev 16:5516:55, 16 July 2009‎ LizCastro talk contribs‎ 36,663 bytes 0‎ No edit summary
• curprev 02:0102:01, 16 July 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 36,663 bytes −38‎ →‎HTML5 should support a way for anyone to invent new elements!

23 May 2009

• curprev 12:0112:01, 23 May 2009‎ Sbp talk contribs‎ m 36,701 bytes 0‎ →‎HTML5 should support a way for anyone to invent new elements!: Updating to conform with the flavour of the month.

10 May 2009

• curprev 23:0723:07, 10 May 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 36,701 bytes +170‎ →‎HTML5 should support a way for anyone to invent new elements!
• curprev 09:0409:04, 10 May 2009‎ Enderandpeter talk contribs‎ 36,531 bytes −14‎ →‎What is the namespace declaration?

26 April 2009

• curprev 10:2910:29, 26 April 2009‎ Zcorpan talk contribs‎ 36,545 bytes +71‎ →‎Will there be support for namespaces in HTML?
• curprev 10:2710:27, 26 April 2009‎ Zcorpan talk contribs‎ 36,474 bytes +42‎ →‎What are best practices to be compatible with HTML DOM and XHTML DOM?

23 February 2009

• curprev 14:2614:26, 23 February 2009‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 36,432 bytes +1,097‎ →‎How do I specify the character encoding?: Updated based on recent spec change to allow meta charset in XHTML

22 February 2009

• curprev 00:2600:26, 22 February 2009‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ m 35,335 bytes +1‎ →‎Under what conditions should a DOCTYPE be used in XHTML?: Fixed typo
• curprev 00:0200:02, 22 February 2009‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 35,334 bytes +1,450‎ →‎What will the DOCTYPE be?: Expanded this question and added another about the reasonable conditions for using a DOCTYPE in XHTML

21 February 2009

• curprev 13:5713:57, 21 February 2009‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 33,884 bytes +457‎ →‎What will the DOCTYPE be?

16 February 2009

• curprev 04:3404:34, 16 February 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 33,427 bytes +79‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?

14 February 2009

• curprev 20:4420:44, 14 February 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 33,348 bytes −163‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?
• curprev 12:4212:42, 14 February 2009‎ Yecril71pl talk contribs‎ 33,511 bytes +413‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?: Add colour to bad and good examples

4 February 2009

• curprev 21:1421:14, 4 February 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 33,098 bytes +13‎ →‎HTML5 should support list headers!
• curprev 21:0621:06, 4 February 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 33,085 bytes +130‎ →‎HTML5 should support list headers!
• curprev 11:2311:23, 4 February 2009‎ Yecril71pl talk contribs‎ 32,955 bytes +214‎ →‎HTML5 should support list headers!: or DL
• curprev 10:5010:50, 4 February 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 32,741 bytes +3‎ →‎HTML5 should support list headers!
• curprev 10:4910:49, 4 February 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 32,738 bytes +427‎ <lh>

26 January 2009

• curprev 11:4911:49, 26 January 2009‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 32,311 bytes +84‎ →‎What will the DOCTYPE be?: Added note about case sensitivity

16 January 2009

• curprev 20:4420:44, 16 January 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 32,227 bytes +39‎ Nothing in HTML5 requires the XML DOCTYPE to be anything in particular. That's an XML-layer problem.
• curprev 20:4120:41, 16 January 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 32,188 bytes +6‎ A user agent is a piece of software. This section is about people. Also, we need the questions to be clear -- people won't read the note to find out whether the question applies to them.
• curprev 18:4918:49, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 32,182 bytes +22‎ →‎How should implementors interact with the WHATWG?: make it UAs
• curprev 18:4518:45, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 32,160 bytes −48‎ →‎Should I close empty elements with <code>/></code> or <code>></code>?: be gentle and all and point out MathML
• curprev 18:3818:38, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 32,208 bytes −100‎ →‎How should browser developers interact with the WHATWG?
• curprev 18:2718:27, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 32,308 bytes +22‎ →‎What is an HTML Serialisation?: be gentle to XML
• curprev 18:2418:24, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 32,286 bytes +14‎ →‎What will the DOCTYPE be?: using a DOCTYPE in XHTML is ok
• curprev 18:2118:21, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 32,272 bytes +505‎ →‎Will there be support for namespaces in HTML?: we do allow embedding of MathML, but no namespace syntax
• curprev 18:0918:09, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ m 31,767 bytes −1‎ →‎Should I close empty elements with <code>/></code> or <code>></code>?
• curprev 18:0818:08, 16 January 2009‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 31,768 bytes −27‎ →‎Should I close empty elements with <code>/></code> or <code>></code>?: lets not recommend anything here

14 January 2009

• curprev 12:0212:02, 14 January 2009‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 31,795 bytes +117‎ →‎HTML5 should support a way for anyone to invent new elements!

21 December 2008

• curprev 19:0619:06, 21 December 2008‎ Yecril71pl talk contribs‎ m 31,678 bytes +2‎ →‎But they are PRESENTATIONAL!: subsection

17 December 2008

• curprev 20:4820:48, 17 December 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 31,676 bytes +460‎ →‎Why are some presentational elements like <b>, <i> and <small> still included?

11 December 2008

• curprev 21:3121:31, 11 December 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 31,216 bytes +67‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?
• curprev 21:3021:30, 11 December 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 31,149 bytes +171‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?

24 November 2008

• curprev 16:2516:25, 24 November 2008‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ 30,978 bytes +2,116‎ →‎Feature proposals: Added question about b, i and small

15 November 2008

• curprev 00:3800:38, 15 November 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 28,862 bytes +380‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?
• curprev 00:3300:33, 15 November 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 28,482 bytes −230‎ fix what look like unintentional edits (if these were intentional please explain them to me on IRC)

14 November 2008

• curprev 12:0812:08, 14 November 2008‎ Yecril71pl talk contribs‎ 28,712 bytes +279‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?: how to top-post

2 November 2008

• curprev 11:5511:55, 2 November 2008‎ Fenring talk contribs‎ 28,433 bytes +434‎ →‎What are best practices to be compatible with HTML DOM and XHTML DOM?: new question

23 October 2008

• curprev 08:2408:24, 23 October 2008‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ m 27,999 bytes +2‎ →‎Why does HTML5 legitimise tag soup?: Typo

9 October 2008

• curprev 06:3606:36, 9 October 2008‎ Joedevon talk contribs‎ m 27,997 bytes +3‎ →‎added the missing "to"

22 September 2008

• curprev 18:4418:44, 22 September 2008‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 27,994 bytes −1‎ →‎How are pre-HTML 5 documents parsed?
• curprev 18:4418:44, 22 September 2008‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 27,995 bytes −4‎ →‎How will pre-HTML 5 documents be parsed?
• curprev 18:4318:43, 22 September 2008‎ Annevk talk contribs‎ 27,999 bytes +695‎ →‎Syntax issues: add something about HTML5 parsers and DOCTYPEs

17 September 2008

• curprev 10:5610:56, 17 September 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 27,304 bytes −33‎ →‎HTML5 should group <code><dt></code>s and <code><dd></code>s together in <code><di></code>s!
• curprev 10:5410:54, 17 September 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 27,337 bytes +39‎ →‎HTML5 should group <dt>s and <dd>s together in <di>s!
• curprev 10:2910:29, 17 September 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 27,298 bytes +214‎ →‎Feature proposals

16 September 2008

• curprev 22:2122:21, 16 September 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 27,084 bytes +73‎ →‎When will HTML 5 be finished?

7 September 2008

• curprev 09:2909:29, 7 September 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 27,011 bytes +164‎ →‎Is there a process for adding new features to the spec?
• curprev 09:1909:19, 7 September 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 26,847 bytes +130‎ →‎Is there a process for adding new features to the spec?

25 August 2008

• curprev 10:4710:47, 25 August 2008‎ Lachlan Hunt talk contribs‎ m 26,717 bytes +116‎ →‎Should I top-post or reply inline?

24 August 2008

• curprev 08:2008:20, 24 August 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 26,601 bytes −2‎ →‎What is the history of HTML?
• curprev 08:1908:19, 24 August 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 26,603 bytes +298‎ →‎WHATWG and the W3C HTML WG

20 August 2008

• curprev 08:3508:35, 20 August 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 26,305 bytes +16‎ →‎HTML5 should support a way for anyone to invent new elements!

14 August 2008

• curprev 20:4020:40, 14 August 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 26,289 bytes +514‎ No edit summary

5 August 2008

• curprev 16:0616:06, 5 August 2008‎ Zcorpan talk contribs‎ 25,775 bytes −18‎ →‎What is the namespace declaration?

2 August 2008

• curprev 09:4109:41, 2 August 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 25,793 bytes +466‎ No edit summary
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• curprev 01:4301:43, 2 August 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 25,315 bytes +1,759‎ →‎Feature proposals
• curprev 01:2001:20, 2 August 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 23,556 bytes −195‎ No edit summary

30 July 2008

• curprev 11:5511:55, 30 July 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 23,751 bytes +494‎ →‎Does HTML5 support <code>href</code> on any element like XHTML 2.0?

10 June 2008

• curprev 08:4208:42, 10 June 2008‎ Hendry talk contribs‎ m 23,257 bytes +9‎ typo

9 June 2008

• curprev 21:3921:39, 9 June 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 23,248 bytes +2,363‎ →‎The WHATWG Process

22 April 2008

• curprev 02:2602:26, 22 April 2008‎ Hixie talk contribs‎ 20,885 bytes +99‎ →‎When will HTML 5 be finished?