HTML

Description

The HTML element is intended to bracket the entire HTML text in

the document. All other HTML elements are inside the start and end

of the HTML element.

Minimum Attributes

All Possible Attributes

<HTML

VERSION="..."

LANG="..."

DIR=ltr|rtl>

</HTML>

Elements Allowed Within...

Allowed In Content Of...

The element HTML is the outermost element and should not be

nested inside any element.

RFC 1866 introduced the VERSION attribute.

The LANG and DIR attributes are introduced with the

internationalization proposal.

Variations

The HTML, HEAD, and BODY elements were introduced with

RFC 1866, and are currently optional, but are considered

Level 0 elements.

RFC 1866 identifies the presence of the PLAINTEXT element within

the HTML content as deprecated.

Sandia Requirements

The HTML, HEAD and BODY elements are required.