The World Wide Web Consortium has announced plans to create <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2101517,00.asp?kc=EWNAVEMNL030807EOAD">a new HTML standard</A> and to enhance the XHTML specification.

The move to update HTML comes as a nod to the developer and design communities as well as the browser manufacturers. The W3C is issuing a call for participation in the working group that will oversee the new standard, and although the list of participants has yet to be made, browser vendors who are members of the W3C include Apple, Mozilla, Opera and Microsoft.

In fact, Chris Wilson, platform architect of the Internet Explorer platform at Microsoft, is the co-chair of the new working group.