Appendix B. HTML Elements and Attributes

HTML elements and attributes are the building blocks of a web application. This appendix will give you a brief explanation of them and indicate which ones are new in HTML5. You should be aware that the HTML5 specification is still in development at the time of this writing, and if you have any questions you should refer to the W3C HTML5 specification for the most up-to-date information (http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/elements.html).

HTML5 Elements

HTML5 elements are, for the most part, the same elements as in HTML 4.01. There are a few new elements as well. The following list shows you the HTML5 elements and what they are used for.

HTML5 Attributes

HTML5 attributes are items that further define the ...

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