HTML5: It's Last Call for Comments

After more than 3 years of development and discussion by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Working Group on the subject, the draft specifications document for HTML version 5 will now be moved into Last Call status after a 63 to 2 vote, with 3 abstentions.

HTML5 is quite hot already, having being deployed with excitement by browsers on desktop and mobile computers. Some amount of controversy remains, however, over what the final version will look like exactly. As Deutsche Telekom AG's Kai Scheppe said in voting Yes, "I believe it is time to get full consideration of all stakeholders for this draft of the specification, which will only occur in last call status."