Versions and Releases

1.0

1994-01-01

Focused on structuring documents using elements like headings, paragraphs and lists.

2.0

1995-11-24

Added support for tables, forms and text formatting.

3.2

1997-01-14

Added support for frames, image maps and improved table support.

4.0

1998-04-24

Introduced features like style sheets (CSS), Scripting (JavaScript) and improved support for multimedia elements like image, audio and video

4.01

1999-12-24

Update to version 4.0. Provided more stable and reliable standard for creating web content.

5

2014-10-28

Introduced new features like,

• Support for multimedia elements (Audio and Video).

• Canvas for drawing graphics.

• Drag and Drop functionality.

• Local storage.

Introduced new elements:

• <header>

• <footer>

• <nav>

• <article>

5.1

2016-11-01

• Refinement and extension of version 5.0.

• Introduced new attributes such as ‘minlength’, ‘maxlength’, ‘autocomplete’ and media elements such as <audio> and <video> .