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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 (208 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 (208 views/month).[2] HTML has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] HTML is known by 22 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]; XML User Interface Language[33], a user interface markup language[34], founded in 1999[35]; Curl[36], a programming language[37], founded in 1998[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], XML User Interface Language[33], Curl[36], and JSX[39].

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References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 186
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'als', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'b
    Equivalent class → https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#HTML
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#HTML"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → PHoC, iB4FB
    Fandom article id → computer:HTML, apple:HTML, htmlcss:HTML +2
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 14w ago · Mullanur · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → computer:HTML, apple:HTML, htmlcss:HTML +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6262]]: wikies:HTML"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0001830-HTML-znackovaci-jazyk
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0001830-HTML-znackovaci-jazyk, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  5. 19w 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)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ [[Property:P8814]]: 06801119-n"
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