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HTML

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HTML

Summary

HTML is a markup language[1]. HTML ranks in the top 2% of markup_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,389 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • HTML is credited with the discovery of Tim Berners-Lee[3].
  • HTML is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • HTML's instance of is recorded as markup language[5].
  • HTML's instance of is recorded as file format[6].
  • HTML's instance of is recorded as W3C Recommendation[7].
  • HTML's instance of is recorded as file format family[8].
  • HTML's instance of is recorded as ISO standard[9].
  • HTML's instance of is recorded as programming language[10].
  • HTML's maintained by is recorded as WikiProject Computing[11].
  • HTML's maintained by is recorded as WikiProject Software[12].
  • HTML's maintained by is recorded as WikiProject Websites[13].
  • HTML's maintained by is recorded as WikiProject Computer Science[14].
  • HTML's maintained by is recorded as WikiProject Internet[15].
  • HTML's based on is recorded as Standard Generalized Markup Language[16].
  • HTML's developer is recorded as World Wide Web Consortium[17].
  • HTML's developer is recorded as Internet Engineering Task Force[18].
  • HTML's developer is recorded as Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group[19].
  • HTML's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International[20].
  • HTML is a type of markup language[21].
  • HTML's Commons category is recorded as HTML[22].
  • 1989 marks the founding of HTML[23].
  • HTML was released on 1993[24].
  • HTML's has edition or translation is recorded as HyperText Markup Language, version 2.0[25].
  • HTML's has edition or translation is recorded as HTML 3.0[26].
  • HTML's has edition or translation is recorded as HTML 3.2[27].

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Geography

HTML is in the country of United Kingdom[4].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include markup language[5], file format[6], W3C Recommendation[7], file format family[8], ISO standard[9], and programming language[10].

History and Context

1989 marks the founding of HTML[23].

Why It Matters

HTML ranks in the top 2% of markup_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,389 views/month).[2] HTML has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] HTML is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

HTML has been cited as an influence by PHP[30], a scripting language[31], founded in 1995[32]; Curl[33], a programming language[34], founded in 1998[35]; XML User Interface Language[36], a user interface markup language[37], founded in 1999[38]; JSX[39], a template language[40], founded in 2013[41]; and Varphi Language[42], a scripting language[43], founded in 2025[44].

FAQs

Who did HTML influence?

HTML has been cited as an influence by PHP[30], Curl[33], XML User Interface Language[36], and JSX[39].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . iso.org. Retrieved . iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . lists.w3.org. lists.w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . api.github.com. Retrieved . api.github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Raggett on HTML 4. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → —
    Subclass of → markup language
    Copyright license → Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
    Developer → World Wide Web Consortium, Internet Engineering Task Force, Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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