1. Introduction

The HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a simple data format used to create hypertext documents that are portable from one platform to another. HTML documents are SGML documents with generic semantics that are appropriate for representing information from a wide range of domains.

As HTML is an application of SGML, this specification assumes a working knowledge of [SGML].

• 1.1. Scope
• 1.2. Conformance
  • 1.2.1. Documents
  • 1.2.2. Feature Test Entities
  • 1.2.3. User Agents