Technology - Web Development 4 - HTML 4-01 & XHTML

Synopsis

We discuss in detail the most significant aspects of the current HTML standard, 4.01, and its XHTML counterpart. We discuss the OBJECT and LINK elements, ‘Ruby’ annotation of Japanese characters, XForms and new work by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and WHATWG.org to overcome the impasse caused by the mismatch between W3C’s vision of HTML development, the behaviour of browsers and the needs of web designers.

1. Synopsis
2. HTML 4.01 - the current standard
- 2.1 Internationalisation
- 2.2 Accessibility
- 2.3 Tables
- 2.4 The LINK header element
  - 2.4.1 Poor browser support
  - 2.4.2 Search engine indexing
  - 2.4.3 Navigation of complex sites
- 2.5 Compound documents - OBJECT
  - 2.5.1 Support for alternative objects
  - 2.5.2 Browser support
- 2.6 Frames
3. XHTML
- 3.1 XHTML 1.0
  - 3.1.1 Compatibility with HTML
  - 3.1.2 Browser support
- 3.2 XHTML Basic
- 3.3 Modular XHTML
  - 3.3.1 XHTML 1.1
  - 3.3.2 Ruby, rubi or agate
  - 3.3.3 XForms 1.0
- 3.4 XHTML 2.0
4. HTML standardisation failure
- 4.1 Browser compatibility
- 4.2 WHATWG.org
- 4.3 The W3C changes tack
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Number of pages: 10

Status: Archived

Last update: 16 January 2007
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Author: Robin Whittle

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