Discipline: Computer Sciences and Information Management
Subcategory: Computer Science & Information Systems
Ajiah Graham - J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College
Co-Author(s): Ronald Egson, J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College, Huntsville, AL
HTML is a markup language and not a programming language, such as Java or C++. HTML is the standard markup language used to create web pages. It is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of tags enclosed in angle brackets (like ). This theoretical research will describe how HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) language has evolved over the years. The study will also focus on the development of HTML to HTML5 (HTML 1.0; HTML 2.0; HTML 3.0; HTML 3.2; HTML 4.01; XHTML 1.0; and HTML5), and how it has evolved with the evolution of Web development. In addition, a brief description and examples of the previous HTML languages will be provided. This research is needed to identify a new and more sophisticated language that will change drastically with the evolution of web development/search engines. A theoretical research was conducted to understand and uncover the evolution of the HTML language. Literature and current research and surveys were reviewed to identify the evolution of HTML over the years. Basic HTML codes were entered into Dreamweaver to test the output. Findings demonstrated how HTML5 has thrust in almost every web based project, including apps. Research uncovered that an online service scans around 200,000 pages each month, which are often new web sites in development. The findings showed around 30% of pages scanned in December 2012 used the HTML 5 doctype, but of these only half (or 15% of the total scanned) used new HTML 5 elements and attributes (things like