Descriptions of Skeleton HTML Tags

Header Tags

title: in the header, defines the document title

<title>text of title</title>

Body Tags

character formatting: used to define font styles, and obtain special characters, e.g.

<code>code</code> gives code
<em>emphasis</em> gives emphasis
<strong>strong</strong> gives strong
& gives &
< gives <
> gives >
" gives "

definition lists: may be used to create indented lists

<dl>
<dt> term to define
<dd> (indented) definition
<dt> next term to define
<dd> next (indented) definition
</dl>
Note: it is not good HTML to use a <dd> tag without a <dt>

address: used to give information about the page

<address>text of address, e.g., the email address of the author</address>

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