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[DarkLordofthePenguins]

Does anyone here know anything about HTML 5? Because I don't. Does it incorporate features of XHTML, or is it a direct upgrade of HTML 4.01. Also, do you think the W3C will be in favor of abandoning XHTML in favor of it? I think that would go against their efforts at standardization, what with everything currently being integrated with XML.

[WingedPanther]

It has an integrated streaming video format, sort of, and a few other new features. There's a lot of argument still about the details of formats, etc, so it may take a while to finalize.

[ethikz]

It also adds drag-and-drop capability, the canvas element for immediate mode 2D drawing, timed media playback, offline storage database, document editing, cross-document messaging, browser history management, MIME type and protocol handler registration and microdata. These are just some of the features that HTML 5 have. There actually a lot more compared to HTML 4.01 which is the current standard.

[John]

XHTML is really nothing more than HTML 4.0 built around XML's idea of well-formedness and the intent to impose draconian error handling. This was universally unpopular, and in 2006 the W3C announced that it would work together with the WHAT Working Group. While the W3C spent 10 years on the XHTML specification(s) the WHAT Working Group documented how to properly parse HTML and created two new specifications - Web Forms 2.0 and Web Applications 1.0.

Web Applications 1.0 is now known as HTML5.

[ethikz]

There is actually a new XHTML coming out with HTML 5. I can't remember the version of it off the top of my head. Maybe 1.1?