Name

Start-Tags and End-Tags

Synopsis

                        <
                        element_name 
                        [attribute_name
                        
                           ="
                        
                        attribute value
                        
                           "
                        
                        ]
                        
                           *>
                        
                         ...
                        </
                        element_name
                        >

Elements that have content (either character data, other elements, or both) must start with a start-tag and end with an element end-tag.

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