I find his article very misleading, causing greater confusion of what an HTML Resume is - and is not. HTML is not a sequence of computer instructions - the partial definition of a programming language. HTML is a markup language that uses tags to markup text or images. Secondly, resumes in HTML are just one form of an electronic resume. I define electronic resumes as those distinguished from their paper counterparts by electronic file format.
File formats exist so that computer applications can store and retrieve data electronically.
The most familiar purpose of a file is to save the work you've done. File format lets you determine how you will prepare your resume based on how you will submit it. There is a lot more to recruiting and job searching than just searching resume databases. Whatever you can do on paper, you can do on the Web with more ease and creativity. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language, and is the set of codes called markup tags that control how documents look and behave on the Web.