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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Mar 6, 2018 2:48PM

Noting that both HTML4 and XHTML are obsolete and that HTML5 has gone
through several iterations, I would suggest that the best URL to use is

HTML 5 -- https://www.w3.org/TR/html/

as this always points to the latest version of HTML at the W3C, currently:
HTML 5.2
W3C Recommendation, 14 December 2017

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SteveF
Current Standards Work @W3C
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On 6 March 2018 at 20:07, Josh Schroder < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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
>
>