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XHTML 2 is a general-purpose markup language designed to represent documents for a wide range of purposes across the World Wide Web. To this end it does not attempt to be all things to all people, supplying every possible markup idiom, but to supply a generally useful set of elements. - W3C XHTML2 is a Working Group Note and does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership.

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XHTML 2 is a general-purpose markup language designed to represent documents for a wide range of purposes across the World Wide Web. To this end it does not attempt to be all things to all people, supplying every possible markup idiom, but to supply a generally useful set of elements. - W3C

XHTML2 is a Working Group Note and does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. The Working Group's charter expired 31 December 2009. No final recommendation was published.

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Why are HTML5 and XHTML 2 separate standards?

Is there a reason why these two standards are being developed separately? They seem to be solving the same problem but what are the differences and, if they are to remain separate, what roles are they expected to take in web development in the…
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Replacement for the DOA tag

The DOA (or more appropriately, Dead Before Arrival) XHTML2 working standard indicates support for the tag. [...] The term and its definition can be grouped within a di element to help clarify the relationship between a term and its…
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XHTML 2.0 Vs HTML 5

Duplicate: Why are (X)HTML 5 and XHTML 2 separate standards? HTML 5 versus XHTML 1.0 Transitional? HTML vs XHTML does it still matter? There appears to be a unified opinion that the developments in HTML 5 and support by browser vendors of HTML…
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