"W3C remains the standards body for HTML5," spokesman Ian Jacobs said in a statement today. Jacobs is not aware of any changes that Hickson's decision will have on that process, he said.

W3C buttons down HTML5, opens up HTML5.1 The core language of Web pages is a step closer to standardization and a more advanced companion to tackle things like video captions, autocompleted form ...

The W3C today published its Recommendation of HTML5 — the final version of the standard after years of adding features and making changes to it. As a user, you won’t notice any changes.

For more on HTML5's lack of readiness, including more quotes from W3C, check out this InfoWorld report. This article was originally published on TechRepublic.

After considerable developer outcry -- including a half-serious #occupyhtml5 protest on Twitter -- the W3C standards body has stepped in to restore the time element to the HTML5 specification.

The Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) last week announced it will finalize HTML5 by 2014 and HTML 5.1 in 2016. With significant challenges ahead, the W3C laid out a tentative implementation plan.

The W3C said there are more than 50 organizations participating in the HTML Working Group, all committed to royalty-free licensing under the W3C Patent Policy. There are more than 400 individuals ...

Time-frame for HTML5’s Open Adoption The W3C official saysit will take years before HTML5 will finally beadopted. "We basicallywant to be feature-complete by mid-2011," LeHegaret says.

Despite the hype, the HTML5 specification isn't yet ready due to interoperability issues, a W3C official says ...

HTML5 is a spec with a plan. Namely, to reach the W3C's recommendation stage by the end of 2014. To do that the W3C is speeding up its process, which will not only help HTML5, but HTML5.1, HTML5.2 ...

The W3C and WHATWG are splitting editing duties on their respective HTML specifications. While some believe that the change will lead to two forks of HTML, WHATWG editor Ian Hickson maintains that ...

Also new to HTML5 is it will be the first version implemented under the W3C Royalty-Free Patent Policy. This gives implementers greater assurance that standards can be implemented free of ...