In order of appearance.
All the paired tags must have a
closing tag with a slash at the end of whatever it is.
All the tags can be written in upper or lower case.
The escape sequences are not tags and the case makes
a difference.
| <html> | begins html file | paired |
| <head> | first section of html file | paired |
| <body> | second, main section of html file | paired |
| <title> | within HEAD - title goes in top bar | paired |
| <p> | paragraph | paired |
| <br> | line break | single |
| <hr> | horizontal rule | single |
| <h1> <h2> | headings | paired |
| <a href=" "> | link | paired |
| <img src=" "> | image | single |
| <pre> | preformatted - displayed like the source | paired |
| <blockquote> | separate, indented text | paired |
| <!-- --> | comments | single |
| <i> | italic physical style | paired |
| <b> | bold physical style | paired |
| <tt> | teletype physical style | paired |
| <em> | emphasis logical style | paired |
| <strong> | strong logical style | paired |
| <tt> | code logical style | paired |
| <cite> | citation logical style | paired |
| <ol> | ordered list | paired |
| <ul> | unordered list | paired |
| <li> | list item | can be paired |
| <dl> | definition list | paired |
| <dt> | term name (left aligned) | can be paired |
| <dd> | term definition (indented) | can be paired |
| <a name=" "> | anchor | paired |
| &...; | escape sequences | single |
| <table> | table | paired |
| <tr> | table row | paired |
| <td> | table cell | paired |
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