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html
versions:
- HTML 2.0 [ version ]
- HTML 3.2 (Wilbur) [ version ]
- HTML 4.0 [ version ]
- HTML 4.01 [ version ]
Markup Language
- HTML 4.01
- Extensible Markup Language
- HyperText Markup Language, HTML
- HTML 2.0
- HTML 4.0
- HTML 3.2 (Wilbur)
- EXtensible HyperText Markup Language, XHTML 1.0
Types:
problems
syntax and semantics mixed together
Comment:
requires form of "quoting" for <, >, & when needed verbatim
Comment:
uses character entities for this
Comment:
non-proprietary format based upon SGML
Comment:
can be created and processed by a wide range of tools: plain text editors or WYSIWYG authoring tools
problems
fixed collection of tags with fixed semantics
Comment:
uses tags such as

and

to structure text
Comment:
designed to display data -- concentrates more on logical structure
Comment:
used to create hypertext documents that are platform independent and can be displayed by web clients