What is HTML5?  

HTML5 updates the HTML specification to accommodate modern web applications.  Among other important features, one of the languages most important innovations is  that it allows Web designers to simply embed video without the need for the Adobe’s Flash plug-in.  With Apple not supporting Flash on the iPhone or iPad, two leading devices in the portable space, HTLM5 websites and services are a viable alternative.   

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What does it mean to you? 

HTML5 could usher in an era of unprecedented accessibility for text, video, and other media on the web.  Considering the multitude of different connected devices, a huge potential exists for  sharing information and experiences across geographical, lingual and visual boundaries.  HTML5 has the power to  allow your customers, clients and other users to access to a variety of multimedia without having to worry about what browser version they have installed or the correct plug who has what plug-ins or whether the right browser is installed. 

When will it launch? 

According to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), HTML5 will not be ready until it works across all video devices and browsers.  The W3C expects HTML5 to be feature complete by mid-2011. At that point, further testing would be needed and it should be ready for production in two to three years.

Breaking HTML Down. 

HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, and is the building blocks of all basic websites.  It is a language for structuring and presenting content for the World Wide Web.  HTML allows images and objects to be embedded and can be used to create interactive forms and structured documents.  It provides a means to creating structured documents by defining headings <h1>, paragraphs <p>, lists <li>, links <a>, quotes <q> and other items. 

• HyperText is the method by which you move around on the web – by clicking on special text called hyperlinks which bring you to the next page. 
• Markup is what HTML tags do to the text inside them.  They mark it as a certain type of text (italicized text, for example). 
• HTML is a language, as it has code-words and syntax like any other language.