10.1 Purpose of HTML


1. The HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a central technology to the operations of the Web. It is the main publishing technology on WWW.
2. According to HTML specification [1], HTML should enable the developer of web documents to:

a) “Publish online documents with headings, text, tables, lists, photos, etc.
b) Retrieve online information via hypertext links, at the click of a button.
c) Design forms for conducting transactions with remote services, for use in searching for information, making reservations, ordering products, etc.
d) Include spread-sheets, video clips, sound clips, and other applications directly in their documents.”

3. A vision of HTML is to enable any type of device to use information on the Web (PCs with different resources, cellular phones, handheld devices, etc.).