What's coming in XHTML 2.0
Mark Pilgrim has written an excellent introductory tutorial
-- the first of several to come -- that is ostensibly about elements
dropped from XHTML 2 (and what replaces them). But the piece works
equally well as a general primer on how to make the transition from
old-school presentational markup to modern, structural stuff. We've
bookmarked this piece and look forward to reading next month's
follow-up. [Zeldman]
From the article...
There are several key elements and attributes that are slated to be
dropped from XHTML 2.
<br />
has been dropped, replaced by<l>...</l>
.- The inline
style
attribute has been dropped, but there are still plenty of ways to define styles. <img />
has been dropped, replaced by<object>...</object>
. As we'll see in next month's article, this may present some serious migration difficulties.- HTML forms have been dropped, replaced by XForms. This is such a major change that it also deserves its own article.