Top Level ElementsHead ElementsGeneric Block Level Elements
Lists ElementsTable ElementsForm ElementsSpecial In-Line Elements
Phrase ElementsFont Style ElementsFrame Elements
Elements Description Starting Ending
Top Level Elements
HTML HTML Document <HTML> </HTML>
HEAD Document Head <HEAD> </HEAD>
BODY Document Body <BODY> </BODY>
FRAMESET Frameset <FRAMESET> </FRAMESET>
Head Elements
BASE Document Base URL <BASE>  
LINK Document relationship <LINK>  
ISINDEX Input prompt <ISINDEX>  
META Metadata <META>  
SCRIPT Client-side script <SCRIPT> </SCRIPT>
STYLE Embedded style <STYLE> </STYLE>
TITLE Document title <TITLE> </TITLE>
Generic Block Level Elements
ADDRESS Address <ADDRESS> </ADDRESS>
BLOCKQUOTE Block quotation <BLOCKQUOTE> </BLOCKQUOTE>
CENTER Centered text <CENTER> </CENTER>
DEL Deleted text <DEL> </DEL>
DIV Generic block level container <DIV> </DIV>
H1 Level 1 heading <H1> </H1>
H2 Level 2 heading <H2> </H2>
H3 Level 3 heading <H3> </H3>
H4 Level 4 heading <H4> </H4>
H5 Level 5 heading <H5> </H5>
H6 Level 6 heading <H6> </H6>
HR Horizontal Rule <HR>  
INS Inserted text <INS> </INS>
ISINDEX Input prompt <ISINDEX>  
NOSCRIPT Alternate Script content <NOSCRIPT> </NOSCRIPT>
P Paragraph <P> </P>
PRE Preformatted text <PRE> </PRE>
Lists
DIR Directory list <DIR> </DIR>
DL Definition list <DL> </DL>
DT Definition term <DT> </DT>
DD Definition description <DD> </DD>
LI List item <LI> </LI>
MENU Menu list <MENU> </MENU>
OL Ordered list <OL> </OL>
UL Unordered list <UL> </UL>
Tables
TABLE Table <TABLE> </TABLE>
CAPTION Table caption <CAPTION> </CAPTION>
COL Table column <COL>  
COLGROUP Table column group <COLGROUP> </COLGROUP>
TBODY Table body <TBODY> </TBODY>
THEAD Table head <THEAD> </THEAD>
TH Table header cell <TH> </TH>
TR Table row <TR> </TR>
TD Table data cell <TD> </TD>
TFOOT Table foot <TFOOT> </TFOOT>
Forms
FORM Interactive form <FORM> </FORM>
BUTTON Button <BUTTON> </BUTTON>
FIELDSET From control group <FIELDSET> </FIELDSET>
LEGEND Fieldset caption <LEGEND> </LEGEND>
INPUT Form input <INPUT>  
LABEL From field label <LABEL> </LABEL>
SELECT Option selector <SELECT> </SELECT>
OPTGROUP Option group <OPTGROUP> </OPTGROUP>
OPTION Menu option <OPTION> </OPTION>
TEXTAREA Multi-line text input <TEXTAREA> </TEXTAREA>
Special In-Line Elements
A Anchor <A> </A>
Applet Java Applet <Applet> </Applet>
BASEFONT Base font change <BASEFONT>  
BDO BiDi override <BDO> </BDO>
BR Line break <BR>  
FONT Font change <FONT> </FONT>
IFRAME In-line frame <IFRAME> </IFRAME>
IMG In-line image <IMG> </IMG>
MAP Image map <MAP> </MAP>
AREA Image map region <AREA>  
OBJECT Object <OBJECT> </OBJECT>
PARAM Object parameter <PARAM>  
Q Short quotation <Q> </Q>
SCRIPT Client-side Script <SCRIPT> </SCRIPT>
SPAN Generic in-line container <SPAN> </SPAN>
SUB Subscript <SUB> </SUB>
SUP Superscript <SUP> </SUP>
Phrase Elements
ABBR Abbreviation <ABBR> </ABBR>
ACRONYM Acronym <ACRONYM> </ACRONYM>
CITE Citation <CITE> </CITE>
CODE Computer code <CODE> </CODE>
DEL Deleted text <DEL> </DEL>
DFN Defined term <DFN> </DFN>
EM Emphasis <EM> </EM>
INS Inserted text <INS> </INS>
KBD Text to be input <KBD> </KBD>
SAMP Sample output <SAMP> </SAMP>
STRONG Strong emphasis <STRONG> </STRONG>
VAR Variable <VAR> </VAR>
Font Style Elements
B Bold text <B> </B>
BIG Large text <BIG> </BIG>
I Italic text <I> </I>
S Strike-through text <S> </S>
SMALL Small text <SMALL> </SMALL>
STRIKE Strike-through text <STRIKE> </STRIKE>
TT Teletype text <TT> </TT>
U Underlined text <U> </U>
Frames
FRAMESET Frameset <FRAMESET> </FRAMESET>
FRAME Frame <FRAME>  
NOFRAMES Frames alternate content <NOFRAMES> </NOFRAMES>
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