HTML Flashcards
(55 cards)
The markup language used for web documents.
HTML
Used for annotating documents.
Markup languages.
To ________, global hypertext links seemed feasible, but it was a matter of finding the correct approach to implementing them.
Tim Berners-Lee
Versions of HTML for its first 5 years.
HTML 2 and HTML 3.2
HTML4 spec was published in what year?
1997
The version thats been around the longest.
HTML4 (1997-2015)
HTML4 introduced these attributes that are important in web page creation today.
span, iframe, class, id
HTML4 also _____ a lot of elements from the previous versions of HTML.
deprecated
An XML-based specification of HTML. It added XML strictness to HTML.
XHTML
These characteristics are implemented in XHTML.
- Tags must be closed.
- Tags must be lowercase.
- Singletons must be closed with a trailing slash.
- Has additional required metadata.
XHTML placed greater emphasis on ________________.
Separating data from presentation.
XHTML requires XML parsers. Being stricter about syntax improved ________________.
Rendering performance.
HTML5 spec was completed on?
October 2014, published by W3C
Date of release of HTML5.1 and HTML 5.2
November 2016 and December 2017
WHATWG
Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG)
What does WHATWG do?
It follows a living standard for HTML. It is an organization made up of web developers from different companies/
Being the latest version of HTML, HTML 5 came with new ______, _______, _______, as well a set of _______ used to build web applications.
Elements, attributes, behaviors, technologies.
HTML5 characteristic that allows us to better describe our content with new semantic tags/
Greater emphasis on semantics.
HTML5 characteristic that provided new ways of client-server communication.
Connectivity Options
HTML5 characteristic allowed detection of internet connection status, storing data client-side and improving offline performance.
Offline Performance and storage options.
HTML5 characteristic that made video and audio native - no longer requires plugins.
Multimedia
HTML5 characteristic that gave us more choices for 2D/3D rendering.
2D/3D Graphics options.
HTML5 characteristic that allows the use of various input/output devices.
Device Access.
HTML5 characteristic that improved css options and gave new animations, layouts possible with CSS/
Styling