What is "html5"

HTML5 is a generic term for recent web technologies. It is also one of the latest iterations of html (Hypertext Markup Language ) next to W3C HTML 5.1 Specification and of WHATWG HTML specification in progress.

Note: The term "HTML5" is widely used as a buzzword to refer to modern web technologies, many of which (though not all) are developed in WHATWG, and in some cases in conjunction with the W3C and IETF.

Compared to previous versions of HTML, HTML 4.1 and XHTML 1.0, HTML5 introduces new element marks and also some Javascript features, including:

• Elements for native media playback: <video>^{(in English)} and <audio>^{(in English)}
• Element for procedural design: <canvas>^{(in English)}
• New form elements
• New input types and attributes
• New structural semantic elements such as <header>^{(in English)}, <footer>^{(in English)}, <nav>^{(in English)}, <section>^{(in English)} and <article>^{(in English)}
• Apis for local storage
• An API for offline web applications, the best known is the web Storage^{(in English)} HTML5 native