CSS 2 was released in 1997, and after more than 10 years it needs to be updated to reflect the new uses and trends we’ve been seeing in the web. This new version of Cascading Style Sheets brings new features long awaited that will make web development easier. Alongside with HTML 5, this new version represents the evolution of the web, and aims to take the concept of semantics into the core of the web.

CSS 3 has quite a few new concepts. Let’s take a look:

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HTML 5 is a new revision of the standard language that moves the web. The increase in needs has brought new uses in HTML and new tags to support them, paying special attention to the semantic web. There are quite a few elements added to the new HTML standard to encapsulate different types of information:

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Semantics, as defined in Wikipedia:

Semantics is the study of meaning, usually in language. The word “semantics” itself denotes a range of ideas [...]. It is often used [...] to denote a problem of understanding that comes down to word selection or connotation.

The Semantic Web is an extended web, with a greater meaning, in which users will be able to find answers to their questions faster and easier due to a better-defined information. This meaning-based web is supported by a set of standardized  languages that solve the problems the semantic-less web has, in which access to some information is a difficult and frustrating task.

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