Nice article but you’re making some incorrect assumptions. You may also be interested in this web design tutorial: Toddler Steps from XHTML to HTML – Contact Forms.
But if one shoe is out of place, it’s okay.
Our closets can still be neat and organized as we move forward. But we are just taking Baby Steps right now. In addition, HTML5 will enable us to do new things like draw graphics on screen. This will make it a lot easier for search engines and screen readers to navigate our pages. Semantic web pages have tags that are used appropriately to their correct meaning. HTML5’s new elements will help us make our pages more semantic. We can stick to our strict rules of XHTML coding if we like, while starting to add some new elements to our web pages.
What a relief! We can still keep our code clean and organized. HTML5 is designed to be backwards-compatible, so it will conform to both HTML4 and XHTML coding styles. We now respectfully use the term obsolete. Deprecated features are no longer called deprecated.
All XHTML documents must have a DOCTYPE declaration.
But when you write an XHTML document, you have to pay close attention to follow the rules correctly. XHTML is a cleaner, more strict version of HTML. If you are a Web Designer, then you know that HTML is the language used to create web pages.