2.3. HTML Tag
The HTML tag (<html>) is the tag that indicates the beginning and end of an XHTML document. Your documents should always begin with the opening HTML tag (<html>) and end with the closing HTML tag (</html>).
A variety of browsers (including Microsoft's Internet Explorer) correctly handle documents that are missing one, or both, of these tags. However, you should never count on your audience using a particular user agent or browser and should therefore strive to always write standards-compliant code.
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