W3C released the latest HTML 5 working draft on January 22, 2008. The HTML 5 working group includes AOL, Apple, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nokia, Opera and hundreds of other developers. Some new features in HTML 5: functions for embedding audio, video, and images, client-side data storage, and interactive documents. Other features include new page elements such as , ,
HTML 5 improves interoperability and reduces development costs by establishing precise rules for how to handle all HTML elements and how to recover from errors.
Alphabetical order
4: Indicates whether this element is defined in HTML 4.01
5: Indicates whether the element is defined in HTML 5
tag
Description
4
5
Define annotation.
4
5
Define document type.
4
5
Define hyperlinks.
4
5
Define abbreviation.
4
5
Not supported. Define acronym.
4
Define the address element.
4
5
Not supported. Define applet.
4
Define the area in the image map.
4
5
Define article.
5
Define content outside of the page content.
5
Define sound content.
5
Define bold text.
4
5
Define the base URL for all links in the page.
4
5
Not supported. Please use CSS instead.
4
Define the direction of text display.
4
5
Not supported. Define large text.
4
Define long references.
4
5
Define the body element.
4
5
Insert newline character.
4
5
Define buttons.
4
5
Define graphics.
5
Define table title.
4
5
Not supported. Defines centered text.
4
Define reference.
4
5
Define computer code text.
4
5
Define table column properties.
4
5
Define grouping of table columns.
4
5
Define command buttons.
5
Define the data in the tree-list.
5
Define drop-down list.
5
Define data template.
5
Define the description of the definition.
4
5
Define delete text.
4
5
Defines the details of the element.
5
Define a conversation (session).
5
Not supported. Define directory listing.
4
Define a section in the document.
4
5
Define definition items.
4
5
Define definition list.
4
5
Define defined items.
4
5
Define emphasis text.
4
5
Define external interactive content or plug-ins.
5
Define targets for server-sent events.
5
Define fieldset.
4
5
Define groupings of media content, and their titles.
5
Disapprove. Define the font, size and color of the text.
