HTML5 history and terminology — by Paul Irish
Adobe, HTML5 Now and Next, Dec 2011

Top 6 trends in HTML5 in 2011 — from readwriteweb.com by Dan Rowinski

Excerpt:

HTML5 is fundamentally changing the way developers approach the Web. Whether it is for desktop browsers or mobile, the language and standards of the future are not some distant point on the horizon. It is right now.

In the mobile realm, the debate rages on: Web or Native? The difference between the two is beginning to blur as HTML5 standards evolve. We examine what happened in HTML5 in this year in our third installment of 2011’s top trends. Check out the rest of the series, starting with John Paul Titlow’s music trends and Alicia Eler’s mobile commerce trends.