W3C Announces Completion of HTML 5 and Canvas 2D Specifications, and Launch of HTML 5.1

Original author: Frederic Lardinois
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Today, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced that the HTML5 and Canvas2D specifications are finally complete. This means that developers now have a “stable foundation for development," W3C notes.

However, in order for HTML5 to become a full-fledged W3C standard, you need to take a few more steps, but this is, for the most part, just a formality. The consortium anticipates that the standardization process will be completed by mid-2014 . Today, however, the most important thing is that HTML5 features already provide stable specifications that developers can focus on.



As the chairman of the W3C HTML Working Group said todayPaul Cotton: “New features will not be included in the final HTML5 or Canvas2D guidelines. “Some features are labeled with a 'risk group', but developers and companies can rely on everyone else to stay in the final HTML5 and Canvas2D guidelines.”

“The wider the reach of web technology, the more stakeholders demand stable standards,” said Jeff Jife, W3C CEO this morning. “Today, companies know what they can put on HTML5 and what will be in demand in the coming years. In addition, developers will keep in mind what skills to develop in order to work with smartphones, cars, televisions, e-books and other devices. ”

HTML5.1 on the doorstep


The W3C also announced a draft draft specification for HTML5.1 and Canvas 2D, Level 2 , which focuses on “extensions in addition to HTML5's native responsive images and video streaming.” According to Paul Cotton, HTML5.1 work is much faster than what happened with HTML5. He expects to see HTML5.1 recommendations in 2016.

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