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'The '''Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group''', or '''WHATWG''', is a community of people interested in evolving [[HTML]] and related technologies. The WHATWG was founded by individuals from [[Apple_Inc.|Apple]], the [[Mozilla Foundation]] and [[Opera Software]].<ref>[http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/FAQ#What_is_the_WHATWG.3F What is the WHATWG? - FAQ - WHATWG Wiki]</ref> Since then, the editor of the WHATWG specifications, [[Ian Hickson]], has moved to [[Google]]. Chris Wilson of [[Microsoft]] was invited but did not join, citing the lack of a patent policy to ensure all specifications can be implemented on a royalty-free basis.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blogs.msdn.com/cwilso/archive/2007/01/10/you-me-and-the-w3c-aka-reinventing-html.aspx | title=You, me and the W3C (aka Reinventing HTML) | author=Chris Wilson | work=Albatross! The personal blog of Chris Wilson, Platform Architect of the Internet Explorer Platform team at Microsoft | date=January 10, 2007 | publisher=Microsoft Corporation | accessdate=2009-01-30}}</ref> The WHATWG has a small, invitation-only steering committee called “Members”, which has the power to impeach the editor of the specifications. Anyone can participate as a Contributor by joining the WHATWG mailing list. == History == The WHATWG was formed in response to the slow development of web standards monitored by the [[W3C]]. The WHATWG mailing list was announced on [[4 June]] [[2004]],<ref>[http://whatwg.org/news/start Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group News: WHAT open mailing list announcement<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> two days after the initiatives of a joint Opera–Mozilla position paper had been voted down by the W3C members at the W3C Workshop on Web Applications and Compound Documents.<ref>[http://www.w3.org/2004/04/webapps-cdf-ws/minutes-20040602.html W3C Workshop on Web Applications and Compound Documents (Day 2) Jun 2, 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> On [[2007-04-10]], the Mozilla Foundation, Apple and Opera Software proposed<ref>[http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007Apr/0429.html Proposal to Adopt HTML5 from Maciej Stachowiak on 2007-04-10 (public-html@w3.org from April 2007)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> that the new HTML working group of the W3C adopt the WHATWG’s [[HTML 5]] as the starting point of its work and name its future deliverable "HTML 5". On [[2007-05-09]], the new HTML working group resolved to do that.<ref>[http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2007May/0909.html results of HTML 5 text, editor, name questions from Dan Connolly on 2007-05-09 (public-html@w3.org from May 2007)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> == Specifications == The WHATWG has been actively working on three documents. * [[HTML 5]] (formerly titled Web Applications 1.0) is the fifth major version of the HTML and has been adopted by the W3C as the starting point of the work of the new HTML working group. * [http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-workers/current-work/ Web Workers] defines an API that enables ECMAScript to use multi-core CPUs more effectively. * [http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-forms/current-work/ Web Forms 2.0] is an update to HTML forms. The spec will no longer be developed standalone but the features have been folded into HTML 5. Additionally, there is a very early draft called [http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-controls/current-work/ Web Controls 1.0], which is not actively being developed. == References == <div class="references-small"> * [http://www.w3.org/2004/04/webapps-cdf-ws/papers/opera.html joint Opera–Mozilla position paper] voted down prior to the founding of the WHATWG </div> {{reflist}} == See also == * [[Comparison of layout engines (HTML 5)]] == External links == * [http://www.whatwg.org WHATWG home page] [[Category:Standards organizations]] [[Category:World Wide Web]] [[Category:Web applications]] [[Category:Working groups]] [[cs:Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group]] [[de:Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group]] [[es:Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group]] [[fr:Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group]] [[ja:Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group]] [[pl:Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group]] [[pt:Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group]] [[ru:WHATWG]] [[sv:Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group]]'