 | HTML | |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction (from Wikipedia) | HTML or HyperText Markup Language is the main markup language for creating web pages and other information that can be displayed in a web browser. | Portable Document Format, standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. |
| Filename extension | .html, .htm | |
| Internet media type | text/html | application/pdf ,; application/x-pdf ; application/x-bzpdf ; application-gzpdf |
| Developed by | W3C & WHATWG | Adobe Inc. (1991–2008), ISO (2008–) |
| Type code | TEXT | PDF (including a single space) |
| Initial release | 1993; 21 years ago | 15 June 1993; 28 years ago |
| Latest release | 5.0 / 4 February 2014; 29 days ago | 2.0 |
| Extended to | XHTML | PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/UA, PDF/VT, PDF/X |
| Open format? | Yes | Yes |
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