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Why are (X)HTML 5 and XHTML 2 separate standards?

Is there a reason why these two standards are being developed separately? They seem to be solving the same problem but what are the differences and, if they are to remain separate, what roles are they expected to take in web development in the future? ...

XHTML 2.0 Vs HTML 5

Duplicate: Why are (X)HTML 5 and XHTML 2 separate standards? HTML 5 versus XHTML 1.0 Transitional? HTML vs XHTML does it still matter? There appears to be a unified opinion that the developments in HTML 5 and support by browser vendors of HTML 5, make the adoption of XHTML 1.0 with hopes of the day of XHTML 2.0 a bad ch...