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HTML5 <html> Tag

Example

A simple HTML5 document:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>

<body>
The content of the document......
</body>

</html>

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Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The <html> tag is supported in all major browsers.


Definition and Usage

The <html> tag represents the root of an HTML document.

The <html> tag is the container for all other HTML elements (except for the <!DOCTYPE> tag).


Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

HTML5 has a new attribute: manifest.


Attributes

New : New in HTML5.

Attribute Value Description
manifestNew URL Specifies the address of the document's cache manifest (for offline browsing)
xmlns http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml Specifies the XML namespace attribute (If you need your content to conform to XHTML)

Global Attributes

The <html> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5.


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