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XHTML

Extensible HyperText Markup Language (XHTML) is part of the family of XML markup languages which mirrors or extends versions of the widely used HyperText Markup Language (HTML), the language in which Web pages are formulated.

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Developed by
WHATWG
Extended from
XML, HTML
Initial release
26 January 2000 (2000-01-26)
Internet media type
application/xhtml+xml
Open format?
Yes
Standard
HTML LS

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Overview

Versions of XHTML

Semantic content in XHTML

Valid XHTML documents

Backward compatibility

Cross-compatibility of XHTML and HTML

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Map overview Semantic statistics

XHTML

Nodes84
Edges83
Triples296
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
Components1

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XHTML

Top relations

related to External links · 27
XHTML → Apache, Beware, Considered HarmfulServing, Group Home PageLinks, How, HTML, Includes, Mark Pilgrim, MIME, MIME Types, Mozilla Web Author FAQ, NET, PHP, Python, RecommendationXHTML, RecommendationXHTML Basic, Road, SGML, Strict Tutorial Archived, The XML
related to XHTML Basic · 23
XHTML → Base, Basic Forms, Basic Tables, Core Modules, December, Hypertext, Image, In, It, Link, List, Metainformation, Object, Of, Since, Structure, Style Sheet, Target, Text, The
related to XHTML 1.0 · 22
XHTML → As, By February, December, Document Type Definitions, DTD, Frameset, HTML, January, Language, November, Reformulating HTML, Strict, The Extensible HyperText Markup, There, This, Transitional, Voyager, W3C Recommendation, W3C Working Draft, Web
related to XHTML Mobile Profile · 21
XHTML → Basic Forms Module, DTD, Forms Module, In October, Legacy, Like XHTML Basic, Presentation, Starting, Style Attribute Module, Target Module, W3C, W3C's Modularization, W3C's XHTML Basic, WAP, WAP Forum, Wireless Application Protocol, Wireless Application Protocol Forum, XHTML Basic, XHTML Mobile Profile, XHTML MP
related to overview · 20
XHTML → August, By, Consortium, However, HTML, HTML5, In, Internet, Of, Recommendation, The WHATWG, The World Wide Web, The XHTML, W3C, W3C's HTML, Web Hypertext Application Technology, WHATWG, Working Group, Working Group's, XML
related to XHTML 1.1: Module-based XHTML · 18
XHTML → Although XHTML, August, East-Asian, HTML, In January, May, Modularization, Note, Other, Recommendation, Second Edition, September, Strict, The, The W3C, With, Working Group, XHTML Media Types
related to Criticism · 16
XHTML → HTML, HTML-generating, HTML5, Ian Hickson, In, In October, Internet Explorer, Others, Some, The, They, Tim Berners-Lee, W3C, Web, XML, XML-based Web
related to XHTML 1.2 · 15
XHTML → December, If XHTML, RDFa, Semantic Web, Since, The XHTML, The XHTML2 WG, Theinputmodeattribute, W3C, WAI-ARIA, WG, Working Group, XHTML Basic, XHTML1, XHTML2 WG
related to Motivation · 13
XHTML → By, Finally, HTML, In, MathML, Recommendation, Scalable Vector Graphics, SGML, Standard Generalized Markup Language, The XML, XHTML Modularization, XML, XML-based
related to XHTML 2.0 · 13
XHTML → Between August, HTML, Instead, July, New, RDFa, Some, The, This, W3C, W3C Notes, Working Drafts, XHTML2 Working Group

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Important terminology

html xml w3c web document specification html5 language basic recommendation type documents markup element working standard content elements version syntax

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
XHTMLDeveloped byWHATWG1.00infobox
XHTMLExtended fromXML, HTML1.00infobox
XHTMLFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .xhtml, .xht, .xml, .html, .htm1.00infobox
XHTMLInitial release26 January 2000 (2000-01-26)1.00infobox
XHTMLInternet media typeapplication/xhtml+xml1.00infobox
XHTMLOpen format?Yes1.00infobox
XHTMLStandardHTML LS1.00infobox
XHTMLType of formatMarkup language1.00infobox
XHTMLUniform Type Identifier (UTI)public.xhtml1.00infobox
XHTMLUTI conformationpublic.xml1.00infobox
XHTMLis aapplication of XML0.90text
XHTML 2.0instance ofin parallel to W3C standards0.80text

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