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From: Josh Schroder
Date: Mar 6, 2018 1:07PM

Hi Jim,

The most authoritative source of HTML reference material will be the actual specifications published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

HTML 5 -- https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/
HTML 4 -- https://www.w3.org/TR/html401/
XHTML 1 -- https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/

These may be less friendly to read than the W3Schools pages, but they will have more detail and will be infinitely more authoritative.

It's important to note that "recommendations" on the W3C website are specifications that have been vetted by the community and have received the endorsement of W3C, whereas "working drafts" are still in the process of being reviewed.

Hope that's helpful.

Josh Schroder
Web Administrator III
Office of Strategic Communication
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
(512) 936-8937

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Subject: [WebAIM] HTML Reference

Hi,
I tend to gravitate to the HTML reference at W3Schools.com. I want to know if there is a more valid one to use, and hopefully quick to look things up such as valid attributes for tags.

Thanks.

Jim



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