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# W3C HTML Activity * * * HTML is the universal markup language for the Web. * * * ## HTML Tutorial To learn more about HTML, please read our (#). * * * ## HTML Versions ### HTML 2.0 HTML 2.0 was developed by the HTML Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force in 1996. HTML 2.0 is an obsolete version of HTML. All browsers on the market today rely on newer versions of HTML. There is no need for a WEB developer to learn the HTML 2.0 standard. ### HTML 3.2 HTML 3.2 was published as a W3C Recommendation on January 14, 1997. HTML 3.2 added widely used features to the HTML 2.0 standard, such as fonts, tables, applets, text flow around images, superscripts, and subscripts. One of the elements added to the 1997 HTML 3.2 standard - the `` tag - created unnecessary trouble for the important task of separating HTML content from presentation. ### HTML 4.0 HTML 4.0 was published as a W3C Recommendation on December 18, 1997. A second version, with only editorial corrections, was published on April 24, 1998. The most important feature of HTML 4.0 was the introduction of style sheets (CSS). Our (#) chapter summarizes the W3C CSS activity. ### HTML 4.01 HTML 4.01 was published as a W3C Recommendation on December 24, 1999. HTML 4.01 is a minor update to HTML 4.0, with corrections and bug fixes. W3C will not continue to develop HTML. Future W3C work will focus on XHTML. ### XHTML 1.0 (The Latest Version of HTML) XHTML 1.0 is a reformulation of HTML 4.01 using XML. XHTML 1.0 was published as a W3C Recommendation on January 20, 2000. Our (#) chapter summarizes the W3C XHTML activity. ### HTML 5 W3C published the HTML 5 Working Draft on January 22, 2008. By specifying precise rules for handling all HTML elements and how to recover from errors, HTML 5 improves interoperability and reduces development costs. New features in HTML 5 include the ability to embed audio, video, and graphics, client-side data storage, and interactive documents. HTML 5 also includes new elements, such as: `