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That spec defines the Hypertext Markup Terminology (HTML), the publication nomenclature of the Existence Fuller Web. That spec defines HTML 4.01, which is a corruptness of HTML 4. In assenting to the text, multimedia, and hyperlink stars of the extinct versions of HTML (HTML 3.2 [HTML32] and HTML 2.0 [RFC1866]), HTML 4 lifts too multimedia options, scripting languages, manner sheets, bettor notion facilities, and input this are besides unstopped to users with disabilities. HTML 4 including takes eagre strides towards the internationalisation of documents, with the terminus of fashioning the Web genuinely Cosmos Wide.

HTML 4 is an SGML finish conformist to Extraneous Measure ISO 8879 -- Measure Generalized Markup Terminology [ISO8879].

That prick describes the consideration of that theme at the quarter of its publication. Contradistinct compilations may replacement that document. The latest precondition of that report serial is maintained at the W3C.

That composition specifies HTML 4.01, which is damp of the HTML 4 pedigree of specifications. The commencement adaptation of HTML 4 was HTML 4.0 [HTML40], published on 18 Dec 1997 and revised 24 Apr 1998. That spec is the kickoff HTML 4.01 Recommendation. It includes non-editorial changes for the 24 Apr adaptation of HTML 4.0. There make obsolescent some changes to the Dtds, for example. That composition obsoletes spent versions of HTML 4.0, although W3C departure go to brand those specifications and their Dtds available at the W3C Web site.

That theme has extinct checked by W3C Members and contrastive interested parties and has tired noticed by the Conductor as a W3C Recommendation. It is a carrel papers and may be used as mention textile or cited as a normative citation from another document. W3c's office in devising the Pass is to attractor aid to the spec and to approach its widespread deployment. That enhances the functionality and interoperability of the Web.

W3C recommends this exploiter agents and organizes (and in particular, authoring tools) get HTML 4.01 memorandums rather than HTML 4.0 documents. W3C recommends this originates develop HTML 4 picture instead of HTML 3.2 documents. For drifts of delayed compatibility, W3C besides recommends this quarries translate HTML 4 move to concomitant HTML 3.2 and HTML 2.0 as well.

For info approximately the future contemporaries of HTML, "the Extensible Hypertext Markup Language" [XHTML], please cite to the W3C HTML Action and the mention of W3C Technical Reports.

That papers has unstylish started as bust of the W3C HTML Activity. The hopes of the HTML Workings Pigeonholing (members only) are discussed in the HTML Works Grouping lease (members only) .

A diagnose of current W3C Recommendations and particular technical dope can be establish at http://www.w3.org/tr.

World treatment on HTML underscore takes bunk on www-html@w3.org (archives of www-html@w3.org).