Weebly - Create a free website and a free blog. The first working draft of HTML 5 is here! By Anne van Kesteren Introduction On January 22nd 2008 the W3C published the First Public Working Draft of HTML 5 - this is a great step forward, as this draft has been in the works for several years.
It was initially just being developed the WHATWG, with the W3C HTML Working Group coming on board to help out with it in March 2007. Alongside the HTML 5 draft a HTML 5 differences from HTML 4 document has been published, which gives a high-level overview of what new functionality HTML 5 brings. Why is HTML 5 important? Webmaster's Tools. Seo.