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| Catagory TAG |
Tag Name | Category description Brief Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| Comments | To document HTML design, techniques, etc. | |
| <!-- ... --> | Comment | Supports author comments; ignored by browser |
| Document Structure | Basic document layout and linkage structures | |
| <HTML> ... </HTML> | HTML | Blocks out an entire HTML document |
| <HEAD> ... </HEAD> | Head | Blocks out a document head |
| <BODY> ... <BODY> | Body | Blocks out a document's body |
| <BASE> | Base | Indicates complete document URL, establishes location context for other URLs referenced |
| <ISINDEX> | Isindex | Indicates that document support CGI script for searches |
| <LINK> | Link type | Sets relationship between current document and other documents |
| <NEXTID> | Next document | Indicates the "next" document that follows current, to permit HTML documents to be chained together |
| Document Headings | Supply document title and heading levels, provide important organization & layout elements | |
| <TITLE> ... </TITLE> | Title | Supplies title that labels entire document |
| <H1> | Level 1 head | First-level heading |
| <H2> | Level 2 head | Second-level heading |
| <H3> | Level 3 head | Third-level heading |
| <H4> | Level 4 head | Fourth-level heading |
| <H5> | Level 5 head | Fifth-level heading |
| <H6> | Level 6 head | Sixth-level heading |
| Links | Create links to anchor or another document, or create anchor point for another link | |
| <A> ... </A> | Anchor or link | Provides fundamental hypertext link capabilities |
| Layout Elements | Control document appearance, add elements | |
| <ADDRESS> ... <ADDRESS> |
Address | Author contact information for document |
| <BLOCKQUOTE> ... </BLOCKQUOTE> |
Blockquote | Use to set off long quotes or citations |
| <BR> | Line break | Forces a line break into on-screen text flow |
| <HR> | Horizontal rule | Draws a horizontal line across the page |
| <PRE> ... </PRE> | Preformatted text | Lays out preformatted text in monospace font |
| Graphics | References to inline images for documents | |
| <IMG> | Image | Inserts a referenced image into a document, with alternate text, clickable map & placement controls |
| Forms | Forms-related markup tags | |
| <FORM> ... </FORM> | Form block | Marks beginning & end of form block |
| <INPUT> | Input widget | Defines type & appearance for input widgets |
| <TEXTAREA> ... </TEXTAREA> | Text area | Multiline text entry widget |
| <SELECT> ... </SELECT> | Input pick list | Creates a menu or scrolling list of input items |
| <OPTION> ... </OPTION> | Selectable item | A way of assigning a value or default to an input item |
| Paragraphs | Break up running text into readable chunks | |
| <P> ... \<P>\ | Paragraph | Breaks up text into spaced regions; according to HTML 2.0 DTD closing tag </P> is optional |
| Lists | Provide methods to lay out item or element sequences in document content | |
| <LI> | List item | Within a list of any type, <LI> marks a member item |
| <OL> ... </OL> | Ordered list | Numbered list of elements |
| <UL> ... <UL> | Unordered list | Bulleted list of elements |
| <MENU> ... </MENU> | Menu list | A pickable list of elements |
| <DL> ... <DL> | Glossary list | A special format for terms and their definitions |
| <DT> | Definition term | The term being defined in a glossary list |
| <DD> | Definition datum | The definition for a term in a glossary list |
| Text Controls | Character formatting tags | |
| <B> ... </B> | Boldface | Produces bolded text |
| <CITE> ... </CITE> | Short citation | Distinctive text for citations (usu. in italics) |
| <CODE> ... </CODE> | Code font | Used for code samples (usu. Courier font) |
| <DFN> ... <DFN> | Defined term | Used to emphasize (usu. in italics) a term about to be defined in the following text. |
| <EM> ... </EM> | Emphasis | Adds emphasis to enclosed text (usu. underline) |
| <I> ... </I> | Italic | Produces italicized text |
| <KDB> ... </KBD> | Keyboard text | Text to be typed at keyboard (usu. Courier font) |
| <SAMP> ... </SAMP> | Sample text | Sample in-line text (usu. Courier font) |
| <STRIKE> ... </STRIKE> | Strikethrough text | Used to retain original text after edits or changes added |
| <STRONG> ... </STRONG> | Strong emphasis | Maximum emphasis to enclosed test (usu. bold) |
| <TT> ... </TT> | Typewriter text | Produces a typewriter font (usu. Courier) |
| <VAR> ... </VAR> | Variable | Variable or substitution for some other value |