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HTML5

HTML5 improves interoperability and reduces development costs by making precise rules on how to handle all HTML elements, and how to recover from errors.

Some of the new features in HTML5 are functions for embedding audio, video, graphics, client-side data storage, and interactive documents. HTML5 also contains new elements like <nav>, <header>, <footer>, and <figure>.

The HTML5 working group includes AOL, Apple, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nokia, Opera, and many hundreds of other vendors.

Note: HTML5 is not a W3C recommendation yet!

To read about the HTML5 activities at W3C, please read our W3C tutorial.


Ordered Alphabetically

New : New tags in HTML5.

Tag Description
<!--...--> Defines a comment
<!DOCTYPE>  Defines the document type
<a> Defines a hyperlink
<abbr> Defines an abbreviation
<acronym> Not supported in HTML5.
<address> Defines an address element
<applet> Not supported in HTML5.
<area> Defines an area inside an image map
<article>New Defines an article
<aside>New Defines content aside from the page content
<audio>New Defines sound content
<b> Defines bold text
<base> Defines a base URL for all the links in a page
<basefont> Not supported in HTML5.
<bdo> Defines the direction of text display
<big> Not supported in HTML5.
<blockquote> Defines a long quotation
<body> Defines the body element
<br> Inserts a single line break
<button> Defines a push button
<canvas>New Defines graphics
<caption> Defines a table caption
<center> Not supported in HTML5.
<cite> Defines a citation
<code> Defines computer code text
<col> Defines attributes for table columns 
<colgroup> Defines groups of table columns
<command>New Defines a command button
<datalist>New Defines a dropdown list
<dd> Defines a definition description
<del> Defines deleted text
<details>New Defines details of an element
<dfn> Defines a definition term
<dir> Not supported in HTML5.
<div> Defines a section in a document
<dl> Defines a definition list
<dt> Defines a definition term
<em> Defines emphasized text 
<embed>New Defines external interactive content or plugin
<fieldset> Defines a fieldset
<figcaption>New Defines the caption of a figure element
<figure>New Defines a group of media content, and their caption
<font> Not supported in HTML5.
<footer>New Defines a footer for a section or page
<form> Defines a form 
<frame> Not supported in HTML5.
<frameset> Not supported in HTML5.
<h1> to <h6> Defines header 1 to header 6
<head> Defines information about the document
<header>New Defines a header for a section or page
<hgroup>New Defines information about a section in a document
<hr> Defines a horizontal rule
<html> Defines an html document
<i> Defines italic text
<iframe> Defines an inline sub window (frame)
<img> Defines an image
<input> Defines an input field
<ins> Defines inserted text
<keygen>New Defines a generated key in a form
<kbd> Defines keyboard text
<label> Defines a label for a form control
<legend> Defines a title in a fieldset
<li> Defines a list item
<link> Defines a resource reference
<map> Defines an image map 
<mark>New Defines marked text
<menu> Defines a menu list
<meta> Defines meta information
<meter>New Defines measurement within a predefined range
<nav>New Defines navigation links
<noframes> Not supported in HTML5.
<noscript> Defines a noscript section
<object> Defines an embedded object
<ol> Defines an ordered list
<optgroup> Defines an option group
<option> Defines an option in a drop-down list
<output>New Defines some types of output
<p> Defines a paragraph
<param> Defines a parameter for an object
<pre> Defines preformatted text
<progress>New Defines progress of a task of any kind
<q> Defines a short quotation
<rp>New Used in ruby annotations to define what to show browsers that to not support the ruby element.
<rt>New Defines explanation to ruby annotations.
<ruby>New Defines ruby annotations
<s> Defines text that is no longer correct
<samp> Defines sample computer code
<script> Defines a script
<section>New Defines a section
<select> Defines a selectable list
<small> Defines small text
<source>New Defines media resources
<span> Defines a section in a document
<strike> Not supported in HTML5.
<strong> Defines strong text
<style> Defines a style definition
<sub> Defines subscripted text
<summary>New Defines the header of a "detail" element
<sup> Defines superscripted text
<table> Defines a table
<tbody> Defines a table body
<td> Defines a table cell
<textarea> Defines a text area
<tfoot> Defines a table footer
<th> Defines a table header
<thead> Defines a table header
<time>New Defines a date/time
<title> Defines the document title
<tr> Defines a table row
<tt> Not supported in HTML5.
<u> Not supported in HTML5.
<ul> Defines an unordered list
<var> Defines a variable
<video>New Defines a video
<wbr>New Defines a possible line-break
<xmp> Not supported in HTML5.

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