The Elementary Standards
Elementary Standards HTML Tutorial
The tutorials found herein have been written for clarification of existing W3C HTML 4.01 (and, by extension, XHTML 1.0 as text/html) documentation and use real-world examples. W3C HTML 5 (Draft) clarification and examples are included.
Elements :
Attributes
Sections of elements are below. The attributes, too. Some section names have been taken from HTML 5; some remain HTML 4.01. Text-Level Elements - in HTML 5 - have become Text-Level Semantics but some were reclassified as Grouping or Phrasing Content; List elements are Grouping Content.
Head Elements
Flow Elements
Section Content Elements
Block-Level Elements
List Elements
Text-Level Elements
Empty Elements
Attributes
<blockquote>
The blockquote element represents long quoted text displayed in a block format.
- Start tag:
<blockquote>- End tag:
</blockquote>
- Example [Basic (Cite Attribute)]:
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HTML 4.01/Strict is the DocType which should be used for all Standards-compliant sites.
HTML has greater stability.
However, HTML 5 may have greater stability after publication as a recommendation regardless of the fact that numerous browser manufacturers incorporate features from this specification. Presently, HTML 5 remains unstable.
- Code:
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<blockquote cite="/html-elements/inline/defining-element">
<p><dfn><abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr></dfn> 4.01/Strict is the <dfn><abbr title="Document Type Definition">DocType</abbr></dfn> which should be used for all Standards-compliant sites.</p>
<p><abbr>HTML</abbr> has greater stability.</p>
<p>However, HTML 5 may have greater stability after publication as a recommendation regardless of the fact that numerous browser manufacturers incorporate features from this specification. Presently, <abbr>HTML</abbr> remains unstable.</p>
</blockquote>
- Example [Basic (Title Attribute + Cite Element)]:
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The following was written elsewhere. (Reprinted)
We Could learn from Hopi Way
Theoretically, the United States Constitution protects the Indian's right to his faith. Though the Kachina dances may seem barbaric and pagan to the random visitor, they are in reality part of a pure religion—visible prayers in motion. Without these expressions of the faith, the Pueblo would lose their identity.
The Hopi Way deserves our profound respect. From the calm and peaceful Indian we can learn much about the things that are free—laughter and happiness, inner discipline, and the enjoyment of sunlight on vast spaces and starlight on rooftops.
- [Note: The
citeattribute could not be used since the referenced passage was found in printed matter; not all references are electro-media. For citation purposes, theciteelement was used as per HTML 4.01 Guidelines.] - Code:
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<blockquote title="From 'Kachinas: Masked Dancers of the Southwest', National Geographic Magazine, August 1957, Vol. CXII, No.2, p. 236">
<p><cite><strong>We Could learn from Hopi Way</strong></cite></p>
<p><cite>Theoretically, the United States Constitution protects the Indian's right to his faith. Though the Kachina dances may seem barbaric and pagan to the random visitor, they are in reality part of a pure religion—visible prayers in motion. Without these expressions of the faith, the Pueblo would lose their identity.</cite></p>
<p><cite>The Hopi Way deserves our profound respect. From the calm and peaceful Indian we can learn much about the things that are free—laughter and happiness, inner discipline, and the enjoyment of sunlight on vast spaces and starlight on rooftops.</cite></p>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
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