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W3c Outlines Plan to Finalize Html5
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The Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) announced that it will finalize HTML5 by 2014 and HTML 5.1 by 2016.
The W3C plans to move away from what it has called a monolithic "kitchen sink" method with a grab-bag of features. "The current combination of a monolithic kitchen sink specification, Decision Policy, A11y Task Force, and Formal Objection process, has led to a significant number of objections, and current difficulties in achieving consensus," the W3C says.
HTML5 includes many pieces that stand alone as their own specifications, including Storage, Web Workers, and the WebSocket Protocol. The new approach enables the W3C to move any unstable elements into the HTML 5.1 spec. "Splitting out separate specifications allows those technologies to be advanced by their respective communities of interest, allowing more productive development of approaches that may eventually be able reach broader consensus," the W3C says.
If the plan is approved, HTML5 could reach Candidate Recommendation status by the final quarter of 2012, according to the W3C.
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