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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

Ordered Alphabetically

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> Defines an article
<aside> Defines content aside from the page content
<audio> 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> 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> Defines a command button
<datalist> Defines a dropdown list
<dd> Defines a definition description
<del> Defines deleted text
<details> 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> Defines external interactive content or plugin
<fieldset> Defines a fieldset
<figcaption> Defines the caption of a figure element
<figure> Defines a group of media content, and their caption
<font> Not supported in HTML5.
<footer> 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> Defines a header for a section or page
<hgroup> 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> 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> Defines marked text
<menu> Defines a menu list
<meta> Defines meta information
<meter> Defines measurement within a predefined range
<nav> 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> Defines some types of output
<p> Defines a paragraph
<param> Defines a parameter for an object
<pre> Defines preformatted text
<progress> Defines progress of a task of any kind
<q> Defines a short quotation
<rp> Used in ruby annotations to define what to show browsers that to not support the ruby element.
<rt> Defines explanation to ruby annotations.
<ruby> Defines ruby annotations
<s> Defines text that is no longer correct
<samp> Defines sample computer code
<script> Defines a script
<section> Defines a section
<select> Defines a selectable list
<small> Defines small text
<source> 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> 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> 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> Defines a video
<wbr> Defines a possible line-break
<xmp> Not supported in HTML5.

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