Editing HTML (section)

=== Transition of HTML publication to WHATWG ===
{{See also|HTML5#W3C and WHATWG conflict}}
On 28 May 2019, the W3C announced that WHATWG would be the sole publisher of the HTML and DOM standards.<ref name="W3C transfer blog">{{cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/blog/2019/05/w3c-and-whatwg-to-work-together-to-advance-the-open-web-platform/|title=W3C and WHATWG to Work Together to Advance the Open Web Platform|last1=Jaffe|first1=Jeff|date=28 May 2019|website=W3C Blog|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529021122/https://www.w3.org/blog/2019/05/w3c-and-whatwg-to-work-together-to-advance-the-open-web-platform/|archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="W3C transfer HTML">{{cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/html/|title=W3C and the WHATWG Signed an Agreement to Collaborate on a Single Version of HTML and DOM|date=28 May 2019|website=W3C|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529012655/https://www.w3.org/html/|archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="W3C transfer memo">{{cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/2019/04/WHATWG-W3C-MOU.html|title=Memorandum of Understanding Between W3C and WHATWG|date=28 May 2019|website=W3C|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529012854/https://www.w3.org/2019/04/WHATWG-W3C-MOU.html|archive-date=29 May 2019|url-status=live|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref><ref name="W3C transfer ZDNet">{{cite news |last1=Cimpanu |first1=Catalin |title=Browser vendors Win War with W3C over HTML and DOM standards |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/browser-vendors-win-war-with-w3c-over-html-and-dom-standards/ |access-date=29 May 2019 |work=ZDNet |date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529021959/https://www.zdnet.com/article/browser-vendors-win-war-with-w3c-over-html-and-dom-standards/ |archive-date=29 May 2019}}</ref> The W3C and WHATWG had been publishing competing standards since 2012. While the W3C standard was identical to the WHATWG in 2007 the standards have since progressively diverged due to different design decisions.<ref name="W3C forks">{{cite web |title=W3C – WHATWG Wiki |url=https://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/W3C |website=WHATWG Wiki |access-date=29 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529013834/https://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/W3C |archive-date=29 May 2019}}</ref> The WHATWG "Living Standard" had been the ''de facto'' web standard for some time.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/an-epitaph-for-the-web-standard-xhtml-2/
|title=An epitaph for the Web standard, XHTML 2
|first=Stephen |last=Shankland
|work=CNET
|date=July 9, 2009
|publisher=CBS INTERACTIVE INC
}}</ref>