The article is at the following for anyone else interested in a snapshot overview of this:
The reasoning behind creating XHTML 2 by the W3C were sound, "Starting in August of 2002, the authors of the XHTML standard began crafting a new language they hoped would completely retool Web markup for the 21st century, bringing about a golden age of semantic Web pages, interactivity, internationalization, device independence, and tapioca pudding for everyone!" (Cranford Teague 2009, para. 3)
Unfortunately it didn't quite work out that way and HTML 5 turned out to be the better option.
It appears from Jason Cranford Teague that HTML 5 is not as supported just yet but many browsers are looking to support it and it is backwards compatible. The stand-out or should I say hold-out is of course Internet Explorer.
Reference:
Cranford Teague, J 2009, Big Things Ahead for HTML 5, viewed 27th August 2009 at http://www.peachpit.com/blogs/blog.aspx?uk=Big-Things-Ahead-for-HTML-5&ns=16143
Referring to your comment about HTML5 not being fully support yet... I was just reading that Safari is the best testing platform for HTML5 as it supports most of the new elements and API's. The author hinted that Opera, Chrome and Firefox would likely follow.
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http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/07/16/html5-and-the-future-of-the-web/
T.
Thanks Tammy. I will check that out!
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