Despite Google knocking HTML5 to an open source codec, HTML5 seems to be going strong. HTML5 is the next major revision of the HTML standard that you have most certainly heard of several times before and it now comes with a new added logo courtesy of W3C. The logo is available under a permissive license (Creative Commons 3.0 By). See the FAQ section for more information and check out the badge builder.

Below is their new pitch:

It stands strong and true, resilient and universal as the markup you write. It shines as bright and as bold as the forward-thinking, dedicated web developers you are. It’s the standard’s standard, a pennant for progress. And it certainly doesn’t use tables for layout.

And then some more useful background information provided by Head of W3C Marketing and Communications, Ian Jacobs:

A number of people have already asked me “What does the logo represent?”

We intend for it to be an all-purpose banner for HTML5, CSS, SVG, WOFF, and other technologies that constitute an open web platform. The logo does not have a specific meaning; it is not meant to imply conformance or validity, for example.

The logo represents “the Web platform” in a very general sense.

They also seem to be selling T-shirts and giving away free stickers for those of you who are interested in it for whatever reason. So what do you think of the company’s new logo? Good? Bad? Indifferent? Let us know in the comments below!

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[Source: W3C]

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