HTML 5 <html> Tag
Example
A simple HTML 5 document:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
The content of the document......
</body>
</html> |
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Definition and Usage
The <html> tag tells the browser that this is an HTML document.
The html element is the outermost element in HTML documents.
The html element is also known as the root element.
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML 5
HTML 5 has a new attribute: manifest
Tips and Notes
Note: If you need your content to conform to XML, define the xmlns attribute, the
ONLY legal value is "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
Attributes
| Attribute |
Value |
Description |
| manifest |
url |
Defines an URL, at this URL the document's cache
information is being described. |
| xmlns |
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml |
Defines the XML namespace attribute. |
Standard Attributes
| class, contenteditable, contextmenu, dir, draggable, id, irrelevant, lang, ref, registrationmark, tabindex, template, title |
For a full description, go to Standard Attributes in HTML 5.
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