W3C and WHATWG finalize split on HTML5 spec, forking ‘unlikely’
One final link holding together two versions of the HTML specification is being severed, as the W3C (the web’s largest standards-making body) and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) separate editing duties. Until last year, the WHATWG and W3C (the web’s main standards-making body) had essentially been working together on a single HTML(5) specification, but in January of 2011, Ian Hickson of the WHATWG described a new development model for web standards: the WHATWG would now focus on an evolving, “living standard,” while the W3C would stick to producing static “snapshots” using its traditional numbered versioning system. Now, in an email sent to the WHATWG mailing list , Hickson provides an update on the… Continue reading…
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W3C and WHATWG finalize split on HTML5 spec, forking ‘unlikely’
