About HTML

First appeared in 1993, 27 years ago

HTML was created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in late 1991 but was not released officially, published in 1995 as HTML 2.0. HTML 4.01 was published in late 1999 and was a major version of HTML. HTML is a very evolving markup language and has evolved with various versions updating. Long before its revised standards and specifications are carried in, each version has allowed its user to create web pages in a much easier and prettier way and make sites very efficient.

HTML is a successor of SGML, but it was created so that normal people could use it and not just specialists i.e. since its first days, HTML has had the following advantages: Simplicity, which was achieved by means of a small set of structural elements called descriptors (also known as tags). All tags are written in angle brackets, for example and convey some meaning. The ability to format a document without reference to means of display (such as a computer monitor or the screen of a phone)