HTML5

HTML5 is a new version of HTML and XHTML. HTML5 defines the fifth major revision of the core language of the World Wide Web, HTML. It attempts to solve issues found in previous iterations of HTML and addresses the needs of Web Applications, an area previously not adequately covered by HTML. HTML5 aims to reduce the need for proprietary plug-in-based rich Internet application (RIA) technologies such as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, and Sun JavaFX.

HTML5 comes with new improved tags, some of the tags that were depreciated in HTML4 were removed and some new tags were added.

New Tags

<article>

<aside>

<audio>

<canvas>

<command>

<datalist>

<details>

<dialog>

<embed>

<figure>

<footer>

<header>

<hgroup>

<keygen>

<mark>

<meter>

<nav>

<output>

<progress>

<rp>

<rt>

<ruby>

<section>

<source>

<time>

<video>

Tag that is not supported in HTML5

<acronym>

<applet>

<basefont>

<big>

<center>

<dir>

<font>

<frame>

<frameset>

<noframes>

<s>

<strike>

<tt>

 <u>

<xmp>