HTML5 REFERENCE

This appendix contains much of the information from HTML: The Living Standard, as of August 2011. You can find the latest version of the HTML specification at the WHATWG page www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/.

The following are the different HTML tag categories:

  • Metadata tags — These describe the configuration elements in how content appears in the browser.
  • Sectioning tags — These provide the HTML5 semantic page layout and define the context for content to appear.
  • Grouping tags — These group similar content blocks together, such as paragraphs and lists.
  • Phrasing tags — These control inline text blocks within a parent sectioning or grouping tag.
  • Embedding tags — These import external content, such as an image, ...

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