Document Structure Elements
Every XHTML document has three major components: the XHTML declaration, the head, and the body. The document structure elements are those that define each component.
<html>
Type:
Container
Function:
Declares the document to be an XHTML document. All document content and supporting XHTML code goes between the <html> and </html> elements.
Syntax:
<html> ... </html>
Attributes:
The <html> element can take the xmlns attribute, which specifies the URL that describes the XML namespace for the document (for example, xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml").
Example:
<html> ... all content and XHTML code goes here ... </html>
Related Elements:
Although the <html> element is typically the first element in a document, it is ...
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