Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition) publication history Date Status 26 November 2008 Recommendation 5 February 2008 Proposed Edited Recommendation 16 August 2006 Recommendation 14 June 2006 Proposed Edited Recommendation 4 February 2004 Recommendation 30 October 2003 Proposed Edited Recommendation 6 October 2000 Recommendation 14 August 2000 Working Draft 10 February 1998 Recommendation 8 December 1997 Proposed Recommendation 14 November 1996 Working Draft