Abstract
This specification defines the 5th major version, second minor revision of the core
language of the World Wide Web: the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). In this version,
new features continue to be introduced to help Web application authors, new elements
continue to be introduced based on research into prevailing authoring practices, and
special attention continues to be given to defining clear conformance criteria for user
agents in an effort to improve interoperability.
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This document was published by the Web Platform Working Group as a W3C Recommendation for HTML 5.2 that would obsolete the
HTML 5.1 Recommendation.
All interested parties are invited to provide implementation and bug reports and other comments through
the Working Group's Issue tracker. These will generally be
considered in the development of HTML 5.3.
The implementation report
produced for this version demonstrates that in almost every case changes are matched by interoperable implementation.
This document has been reviewed by W3C Members, by software developers, and by other W3C groups and interested parties, and is endorsed by the Director
as a W3C Recommendation. It is a stable document and may be used as reference material or cited from another document. W3C's role in making the Recommendation
is to draw attention to the specification and to promote its widespread deployment. This enhances the functionality and interoperability of the Web.
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This document is governed by the 1 March 2017 W3C Process Document.