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What are W3Cs plans for XHTML?

April 26, 2017plans W3C XHTML

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What are W3Cs plans for XHTML?

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We distinguish: • XHTML meaning “an XML serialization of HTML,” and • A family of documents including XHTML 1.0, XHTML 1.1, XHTML Basic 1.1, and XHTML Modularization. Regarding the XML serialization of HTML, the HTML 5 specification includes a section on XML serialization, as well as a section on text/html serialization. W3C plans to continue work on both serializations in the HTML Working Group. Thus, we expect the next generation XML serialization of HTML to be defined in the HTML 5 specification. Currently, the HTML 5 specification refers to this serialization as “XHTML 5” [HTML 5, section 1.6] Regarding maintenance of the XHTML family of specifications, see below.