While HTML5 has anchored the open web platform, the platform itself has increasingly become bigger than just HTML, Jaffe said. So the W3C is working on security, performance, and streaming.

As Cost explains, it is precisely how forgiving HTML is that gives eager individuals an opportunity to self-publish on the web. With HTML, a site will still load even if a line of code is missing.

Yahoo has released an advanced version of its BrowserPlus Web development technology, enabling developers to use it on their own Web sites for better in-browser uploading and desktop notifications ...