# w3c/html

Deliverables of the HTML Working Group until October 2018

Repository: https://github.com/w3c/html
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/w3c-html
Homepage: https://w3c.github.io/html/
Language: HTML
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-07-11T12:20:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3879, "days_push": 2610, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2056, forks 551 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:09.879965+00:00)

## What it is
The W3C HTML Working Group's repository of HTML specification deliverables, which was active until October 2018 and is now archived for historical purposes. Per the W3C-WHATWG Memorandum of Understanding, HTML standard development has moved to the WHATWG HTML Living Standard repository.

## Use cases
- read the historical W3C HTML specification drafts
- look up HTML5 element semantics and attribute definitions
- check HTML syntax and parsing rules from the W3C era
- research the history of the HTML5 standardization process
- compare the old W3C HTML spec against the WHATWG Living Standard
- find archival W3C Working Group deliverables from before 2019

## When to choose
- you need the archived W3C HTML Working Group deliverables from before October 2018
- you are researching the history or evolution of the HTML5 specification
- you want to trace how the W3C and WHATWG merged their HTML efforts

## When to avoid
- you need the current, maintained HTML specification - use whatwg/html instead
- you want to contribute to or track modern HTML standard development
- you need up-to-date documentation of current HTML features

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: documentation
- domain: web-development, documentation, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: html, specification, w3c, web-standards, html5, archived, living-standard, reference-document

## Member repositories
- w3c/html (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.879965+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:57:15.181600+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/w3c/html (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:09.879965+00:00, sha 8fbda03f7b49)
  - homepage: https://w3c.github.io/html/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:37:32.649246+00:00, sha ee0350f3c8be)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.