Lecture 2

Question 1

Which version of (X)HTML was released when?

Answer 1

1991 - HTML (SGML)

1993 - HTML 2.0 (SGML)

1995 - HTML 3.0 (SGML)

1997 - HTML 4.0 (SGML)

1999 - HTML 4.01 (SGML)

2000 - XHTML 1.0 (XML)

2001 - XHTML 1.1 (XML)

2008 - HTML 5 Draft (XML)

2009 - XHTML 2.0 Abandoned

2014 - HTML 5 Final

Question 2

Who developed all of the HTML languages?

Answer 2

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Question 3

Why were XHTML languages not widely used?

Answer 3

They insisted on strictly correct syntax - not practical or useful

Question 4

Who developed HTML 5?

Answer 4

Web Hypertext Applications Technology Working Group (WHAT)

Question 5

What is the purpose of cascading style sheets?

Answer 5

To seperate appearance from function

Easy reuse of design

Question 6

What is the difference between pseudo class and pseudo element in css

Answer 6

Pseudo class - applies special effects to some selectors e.g. :hover

Pseudo elements - matches certain parts within elements eg ::first-letter