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W3C Abandoning XHTML 2, Focusing on HTML5

>[Today the Director announces that when the XHTML 2 Working Group charter expires as scheduled at the end of 2009, the charter will not be renewed][link].

This is giant news for anyone who makes websites. See also: [W3C’s FAQ for the situation][faq].

[link]: http://www.w3.org/News/2009#item119 “Archive of W3C News in 2009”
[faq]: http://www.w3.org/2009/06/xhtml-faq.html “XHTML faq”

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Dave Shea on Why He’s Backing HTML5

[The points he makes are good ones, and I agree with most of them][link]. The comments are pretty lively on this one, but seem civilized.

[link]: http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2009/04/20/switched/ “mezzoblue ยง Switched”