RFC 1866 · HISTORIC · 1995
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0
Overview
RFC 1866, “Hypertext Markup Language - 2.0”, is a Historic document published in November 1995 by T. Berners-Lee, D. Connolly. It has been obsoleted by RFC 2854 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document defines a HTML 2.0 (to distinguish it from the previous informal specifications). [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1995
- RFC 1867 Form-based File Upload in HTML
- RFC 1864 The Content-MD5 Header Field
- RFC 1868 ARP Extension - UNARP
- RFC 1863 A BGP/IDRP Route Server alternative to a full mesh routing
- RFC 1869 SMTP Service Extensions
- RFC 1862 Report of the IAB Workshop on Internet Information Infrastructure, October 12-14, 1994
- RFC 1870 SMTP Service Extension for Message Size Declaration
- RFC 1861 Simple Network Paging Protocol - Version 3 -Two-Way Enhanced