# XHTML™ 2.0

## W3C Working Group Note 16 December 2010

This version:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2010/NOTE-xhtml2-20101216
Latest public version:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2
Previous version:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-xhtml2-20060726
Diff-marked version:
  xhtml2-diff.html
Editors:
  Mark Birbeck, Sidewinder Labs
  Markus Gylling, DAISY Consortium
  Shane McCarron, Applied Testing and Technology
  Steven Pemberton, CWI (XHTML 2 Working Group Co-Chair)
Editors (while chartered as the HTML Working Group):
  Jonny Axelsson, Opera Software
  Mark Birbeck, Sidewinder Labs
  Micah Dubinko, Invited Expert
  Beth Epperson, Websense
  Masayasu Ishikawa, W3C
  Shane McCarron, Applied Testing and Technology
  Ann Navarro, Invited Expert
  Steven Pemberton, CWI

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## Abstract

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.

## Status of This Document

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This document is a Working Group Note. The XHTML2 Working Group's charter expired before it could complete work on this document. It is possible that the work will be continued by another group in the future.

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