What is New in HTML5?

HTML5 is the latest evolution of the standard that defines HTML.

In HTML5 the DOCTYPE, character encoding (charset) declaration for HTML5 is very simple

New HTML5 Elements

New semantic elements like <header>, <footer>, <article>, and <section>.

New attributes of form elements like number, date, time, calendar, and range.
New graphic elements: <svg> and <canvas>.
New multimedia elements: <audio> and <video>.

New HTML5 API's (Application Programming Interfaces)

• HTML Geolocation
• HTML Drag and Drop
• HTML Local Storage
• HTML Application Cache
• HTML Web Workers
• HTML SSE

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