XHTML 2
6th August 2002
The W3C have published a working draught of XHTML 2.0. Since the Changes from XHTML 1.1 pages doesn’t appear to have been written yet, here are a few of the most notable differences I’ve spotted so far:
- Lots of new tags, including
<dfn>for inline definitions (similar to<acronym>but even more useful) and <section> for defining logical sections in conjunction with a new structural<h>tag. - Navigation Lists!
- Forms are being replaced with XForms.
- Goodbye
<img>tag! It looks like we’ll be using<object>instead.
Unfortunately with the amount of time it takes for browser manufacturers to implement even simple specifications it could be years before we can start using these improvements.
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