Chapter 2. HTML5 Markup

In Chapter 1, we explored many of the new structural tags associated with HTML5. By using additional structural tags, you can describe the parts of your document with greater detail and accuracy. You also learned that there are many attributes associated with tags. Some of these attributes are specific to particular tags, and some are global across all tags.

This chapter revisits many of the tags you might have used in earlier versions of HTML. However, you will see that these familiar tags have been greatly enhanced in HTML5. You will also learn in this chapter how HTML5 can assist you in linking up your application to the outside world and, importantly, to multimedia. Let's try to solve a few problems here.

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