First article on IBM developerWorks

Last week, IBM published my first article on developerWorks: HTML V5 and XHTML V2. This is the result of a proposal I wrote in April, just after the WHATWG proposed HTML5 as a W3C standard. I learned that the process of accepting proposals, writing, editing, accepting, editing again and publishing takes a bit longer than I had seen before, working for Radio Netherlands. This is the difference between a news site and a resource for developers: the quality is more important than news value.

Although my name is on top of the article, writing this is not completely a solo process. I am well aware of the fact that I am from The Netherlands and the English I write on this weblog is "International English" at best. Michelle Anderson edited the article into proper American English and proposed some improvements in the content. Also I like to thank Dawn Cyr, project manager at Studio B, for the nice communication in the last months. Because of this, more articles will follow!

The article covers the bigger picture behind the standards. The implementation details are well covered on other sites. For example, take a look at this article on XHTML.com: X/HTML 5 Versus XHTML 2.

But don't let that distract you from my article: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-html5xhtml2.html

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