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It's not often that a technical subject like HTML5 hits the headlines, so I was interested to see that a BBC article "HTML5 takes the internet by storm" was in today's top 10 most read articles.

HTML5 will include a number of new features such as video and dynamic graphics allowing animation without Flash plug-ins and semantic web mark-up.

HTML5 will have an impact on what can be done on websites and is also seen as a key technology for providing multi-device mobile sites rather than needing to develop separate apps for different devices.

HTML5 is an emerging standard, with the full definition still being developed, so it will take some time for this to be stabilised, let alone formally agreed. In the meantime, though, the major browsers are including support for many of the features.

Adobe, the owner of Flash player, is backing both horses at the moment, creating Edge for HTML5 development and also continuing to enhance Flash for non-mobile devices. The BBC article also points out that old browsers (ie ones that don’t support HTML5) take a long time to decline in use. So predictions of the death of Flash are premature.

In the near-term, it would be sensible for organisations to make sure that they choose CMSs with a clear roadmap for including HTML5 support.