Introduction
XHTML is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML.
What Is XHTML?
- XHTML stands for EXtensible HyperText Markup Language
- XHTML is aimed to replace HTML
- XHTML is almost identical to HTML 4.01
- XHTML is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML
- XHTML is HTML defined as an XML application
- XHTML is a W3C Recommendation
What You Should Already Know
Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following:
- HTML and the basics of building web pages
If you want to study HTML first, please read our HTML tutorial.
XHTML is a W3C Recommendation
XHTML 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation January 26, 2000.
A W3C Recommendation means that the specification is stable, that it has been reviewed by the W3C membership, and that the specification is now a Web standard.
W3C defines XHTML as the latest version of HTML. XHTML will gradually replace HTML.
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All New Browsers Support XHTML
- XHTML is compatible with HTML 4.01.
- All new browsers have support for XHTML.
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