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HTML Page Structure: 1989 Tim Berners-Lee Invented WWW

The document describes the basic structure of an HTML page and the history of HTML versions. It explains that an HTML page contains a head and body, with the head housing the title and the body displaying the visible content. It then lists major HTML versions from its invention in 1989 to the current living standard, highlighting some key developments and recommendations along the way.

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HTML Page Structure: 1989 Tim Berners-Lee Invented WWW

The document describes the basic structure of an HTML page and the history of HTML versions. It explains that an HTML page contains a head and body, with the head housing the title and the body displaying the visible content. It then lists major HTML versions from its invention in 1989 to the current living standard, highlighting some key developments and recommendations along the way.

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HTML Page Structure

Below is a visualization of an HTML page structure:

<html>

<head>

<title>Page title</title>

</head>

<body>

<h1>This is a heading</h1>

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

<p>This is another paragraph.</p>

</body>

</html>

Note: The content inside the <body> section (the white area above) will be
displayed in a browser. The content inside the <title> element will be shown in
the browser's title bar or in the page's tab.

HTML History
Since the early days of the World Wide Web, there have been many versions of
HTML:

Year Version

1989 Tim Berners-Lee invented www

1991 Tim Berners-Lee invented HTML


1993 Dave Raggett drafted HTML+

1995 HTML Working Group defined HTML 2.0

1997 W3C Recommendation: HTML 3.2

1999 W3C Recommendation: HTML 4.01

2000 W3C Recommendation: XHTML 1.0

2008 WHATWG HTML5 First Public Draft

2012 WHATWG HTML5 Living Standard

2014 W3C Recommendation: HTML5

2016 W3C Candidate Recommendation: HTML 5.1

2017 W3C Recommendation: HTML5.1 2nd Edition


2017 W3C Recommendation: HTML5.2

This tutorial follows the latest HTML5 standard.

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