5. Document Structure

An HTML document is a tree of elements, including a head and body, headings, paragraphs, lists, etc. Form elements are discussed in 8, "Forms".

• 5.1. Document Element: HTML
• 5.2. Head: HEAD
  • 5.2.1. Title: TITLE
  • 5.2.2. Base Address: BASE
  • 5.2.3. Keyword Index: ISINDEX
  • 5.2.4. Link: LINK
  • 5.2.5. Associated Meta-information: META
  • 5.2.6. Next Id: NEXTID
• 5.3. Body: BODY
• 5.4. Headings: H1 ... H6
• 5.5. Block Structuring Elements
  • 5.5.1. Paragraph: P
  • 5.5.2. Preformatted Text: PRE
    • 5.5.2.1. Example and Listing: XMP, LISTING
  • 5.5.3. Address: ADDRESS
  • 5.5.4. Block Quote: BLOCKQUOTE
• 5.6. List Elements
  • 5.6.1. Unordered List: UL, LI
  • 5.6.2. Ordered List: OL
  • 5.6.3. Directory List: DIR
  • 5.6.4. Menu List: MENU
  • 5.6.5. Definition List: DL, DT, DD
• 5.7. Phrase Markup
  • 5.7.1. Idiomatic Elements
    • 5.7.1.1. Citation: CITE
    • 5.7.1.2. Code: CODE
    • 5.7.1.3. Emphasis: EM
    • 5.7.1.4. Keyboard: KBD
    • 5.7.1.5. Sample: SAMP
    • 5.7.1.6. Strong Emphasis: STRONG
    • 5.7.1.7. Variable: VAR
  • 5.7.2. Typographic Elements
    • 5.7.2.1. Bold: B
    • 5.7.2.2. Italic: I
    • 5.7.2.3. Teletype: TT
  • 5.7.3. Anchor: A
• 5.8. Line Break: BR
• 5.9. Horizontal Rule: HR
• 5.10. Image: IMG