| Element Name | Description | Mandatory | Comment |
<body> |
The body element of a document is the first child of the html element that is either a body element or a frameset element. If there is no such element, it is null. |
Yes |
|
<base> |
The base element allows authors to specify the
document base URL for the purposes of resolving relative URLs, and the
name of the default browsing context for the purposes of following
hyperlinks. The element does not represent any content beyond this
information. |
Yes |
|
<meta> |
The meta element represents various kinds of metadata that cannot be expressed using the title, base, link, style, and script elements. |
Yes |
|
<style> |
The style element allows authors to embed style information in their documents. |
Partial |
Support for the scoped attribute is optional. |
<br> |
The br element represents a line break. |
Yes |
|
<div> |
The div element has no special meaning at all. It represents its children. It can be used with the class, lang, and title attributes to mark up semantics common to a group of consecutive elements. |
Yes |
|
<h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> |
|
Yes |
|
<html> |
The html element represents the root of an HTML document. |
Yes |
|
<iframe> |
The iframe element represents a nested browsing context. |
Yes |
Support for the sandbox, srcdoc and seamless attributes is optional. |
<img> |
An img element represents an image. |
Yes |
|
<li> |
The li element represents a list item. |
Yes |
|
<link> |
The link element allows authors to link their document to other resources. |
Partial |
- Support for the
sizes attribute is optional. - Support for the IDL attribute
relList is optional
|
<ol> |
The ol element represents a list of items, where the
items have been intentionally ordered, such that changing the order
would change the meaning of the document. |
Yes |
|
<option> |
The option element represents an option in a select element or as part of a list of suggestions in a datalist element. |
Yes |
|
<p> |
The p element represents a paragraph. |
Yes |
|
<pre> |
The pre element represents a block of preformatted
text, in which structure is represented by typographic conventions
rather than by elements. |
Yes |
|
<dl> |
The dl element represents an association list consisting of zero or more name-value groups (a description list). |
Yes |
|
<dd> |
The dt element represents the term, or name, part of a term-description group in a description list (dl element). |
Yes |
|
<dt> |
The dd element represents the description, definition, or value, part of a term-description group in a description list (dl element). |
Yes |
|
<em> |
The em element represents stress emphasis of its contents. |
Yes |
|
<s> |
The s element represents contents that are no longer accurate or no longer relevant. |
Yes |
|
<q> |
The q element represents some phrasing content quoted from another source. |
Yes |
|
<defn> |
The dfn element represents the defining instance of a term. |
Yes |
|
<abbr> |
The abbr element represents an abbreviation or acronym, optionally with its expansion. |
Yes |
|
<code> |
The code element represents a fragment of computer code. |
Yes |
|
<samp> |
The samp element represents (sample) output from a program or computing system. |
Yes |
|
<var> |
The var element represents a variable |
Yes |
|
<kbd> |
The kbd element represents user input (typically
keyboard input, although it may also be used to represent other input,
such as voice commands). |
Yes |
|
<sup> <sub> |
The sup element represents a superscript and the sub element represents a subscript. |
Yes |
|
<u> |
The u element represents a span of text with an
unarticulated, though explicitly rendered, non-textual annotation, such
as labeling the text as being a proper name in Chinese text (a Chinese
proper name mark), or labeling the text as being misspelt. |
Yes |
|
<bdi> |
The bdi element represents a span of text that is to
be isolated from its surroundings for the purposes of bidirectional text
formatting. |
No |
|
<bdo> |
The bdo element represents explicit text
directionality formatting control for its children. It allows authors to
override the Unicode bidirectional algorithm by explicitly specifying a
direction override. |
Yes |
|
<ins> |
The ins element represents an addition to the document. |
Yes |
|
<del> |
The del element represents a removal from the document. |
Yes |
|
<object> |
The object element can represent an external resource,
which, depending on the type of the resource, will either be treated as
an image, as a nested browsing context, or as an external resource to
be processed by a plugin. |
Yes |
|
<param> |
The param element defines parameters for plugins invoked by object elements. It does not represent anything on its own. |
Yes |
|
<map> |
The map element, in conjunction with any area element descendants, defines an image map. The element represents its children. |
Yes |
|
<area> |
The area element represents either a hyperlink with some text and a corresponding area on an image map, or a dead area on an image map. |
Partial |
Support for the IDL attribute relList is optional. |
<caption> |
The caption element represents the title of the table that is its parent, if it has a parent and that is a table element. |
Yes |
|
<table> |
The table element represents data with more than one dimension, in the form of a table. |
Partial |
Support for the summary attribute is optional |
<colgroup> |
The colgroup element represents a group of one or more
columns in the table that is its parent, if it has a parent and that is
a table element. |
Yes |
|
<col> |
If a col element has a parent and that is a colgroup element that itself has a parent that is a table element, then the col element represents one or more columns in the column group represented by that colgroup. |
Yes |
|
<tbody> |
The tbody element represents a block of rows that consist of a body of data for the parent table element, if the tbody element has a parent and it is a table. |
Yes |
|
<thead> |
The thead element represents the block of rows that consist of the column labels (headers) for the parent table element, if the thead element has a parent and it is a table. |
Yes |
|
<tfoot> |
The tfoot element represents the block of rows that consist of the column summaries (footers) for the parent table element, if the tfoot element has a parent and it is a table. |
Yes |
|
<tr> |
The tr element represents a row of cells in a table. |
Yes |
|
<td> |
The td element represents a cell in a table. |
Yes |
|
<th> |
The th element represents a header cell in a table. |
Yes |
|
<form> |
The form element represents a collection of
form-associated elements, some of which can represent editable values
that can be submitted to a server for processing. |
Yes |
|
<fieldset> |
The fieldset element represents a set of form controls optionally grouped under a common name. |
Partial |
Support for the name and type attributes is optional. |
<legend> |
The legend element represents a caption for the rest of the contents of the legend element's parent fieldset element, if any. |
Yes |
|
<button> |
The button element represents a button. |
Yes |
|
<optgroup> |
The optgroup element represents a group of option elements with a common label. |
Yes |
|
<script> |
The script element allows authors to include dynamic
script and data blocks in their documents. The element does not
represent content for the user. |
Partial |
Support for the async attribute is optional. |
<noscript> |
The noscript element represents nothing if scripting
is enabled, and represents its children if scripting is disabled. It is
used to present different markup to user agents that support scripting
and those that don't support scripting, by affecting how the document is
parsed. |
No |
Since support for scripting is mandated by this profile, support for this element is not needed. |
<span> |
The span element doesn't mean anything on its own, but can be useful when used together with the global attributes, e.g. class, lang, or dir. It represents its children. |
Yes |
|
<title> |
The title element represents the document's title or name. |
Yes |
|
<ul> |
The ul element represents a list of items, where the
order of the items is not important — that is, where changing the order
would not materially change the meaning of the document. |
Yes |
|
<section> |
Represents a generic document or application section. It can be used together with the h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, and h6 elements to indicate the document structure. |
Yes |
|
<article> |
Represents an independent piece of content of a document, such as a blog entry or newspaper article. |
Yes |
|
<aside> |
Represents a piece of content that is only slightly related to the rest of the page. |
Yes |
|
<hgroup> |
Represents the header of a section. |
Yes |
|
<header> |
Represents a group of introductory or navigational aids. |
Yes |
|
<footer> |
Represents a footer for a section and can contain information about the author, copyright information, etc. |
Yes |
|
<nav> |
Represents a section of the document intended for navigation. |
Yes |
|
<figure> |
Can be used to associate a caption together with some embedded content, such as a graphic or video. |
Yes |
|
<figcaption> |
Provides the caption for the figure element's contents. |
Yes |
|
<video> |
Represents a video or movie. It is a media element whose media data
is ostensibly video data, possibly with associated audio data. |
Partial |
Support for crossorigin, mediagroup, and controls content attributes is optional. |
<audio> |
Represents a sound or audio stream. It is a media element whose media data is ostensibly audio data. |
Partial |
Support for crossorigin, mediagroup, and controls content attributes is optional. |
<track> |
The track element allows authors to specify explicit
external timed text tracks for media elements. It does not represent
anything on its own. |
No |
Not required as only support for in-band tracks is required. |
<source> |
Allows authors to specify multiple media resources for media elements. It does not represent anything on its own. |
Yes |
|
<embed> |
It is is used for plug-in content. It represents an integration
point for an external (typically non-HTML) applications or interactive
content. |
Yes |
|
<mark> |
Represents a run of text in one document marked or highlighted for reference purposes, due to its relevance in another context. |
Yes |
|
<progress> |
Represents a completion of a task such as downloading, or when performing a series of expensive operations. |
Yes |
|
<meter> |
Represents a scalar measurement within a known range, or a fractional value; for example:
- disk usage
- the relevance of a query result
- the fraction of a voting population to have selected a particular candidate
|
Yes |
|
<time> |
Represents either a time on a 24 hour clock, or a precise date in
the proleptic Gregorian calendar, optionally with a time and a time
zone. It provides an API for accessing the date/time as a Date object. |
No |
|
<ruby> |
Allows one or more spans of phrasing content to be marked with ruby
annotations. Ruby annotations are short runs of text presented
alongside base text, primarily used in East Asian typography as a guide
for pronunciation or to include other annotations. In Japanese, this
form of typography is also known as furigana. |
No |
|
<rt> |
Marks the ruby text component of a ruby annotation. |
No |
|
<rp> |
Can be used to provide parentheses around a ruby text component of a
ruby annotation, to be shown by user agents that do not support ruby
annotations. |
No |
|
<wbr> |
Represents a line-break opportunity where phrasing content is
expected. For example, someone is quoted as saying something which, for
effect, is written as one long word. However, to ensure that the text
can be wrapped in a readable fashion, the individual words in the quote
are separated using a wbr element. |
Yes |
|
<canvas> |
Represents a resolution-dependent bitmap canvas, which can be used
for rendering graphs, game graphics, or other visual images on the fly. |
Partial |
For details on support of Canvas APIs, see annex A.3.3. |
<command> |
Represents a command that the user can invoke. |
No |
|
<details> |
Represents additional information or controls which the user can obtain on demand. |
No |
|
<summary> |
Represents a summary, caption, or legend for the rest of the contents of the summary element's parent details element, if any. |
No |
|
<datalist> |
Represents a set of option elements that represent
predefined options for other controls. The contents of the element
represents fallback content for legacy user agents, intermixed with option elements that represent the predefined options. In the rendering, the datalist element represents nothing and it, along with its children, should be hidden. The datalist element together with the new list attribute for input can be used to make comboboxes. |
Yes |
|
<keygen> |
Represents a key pair generator control. When the control's form is
submitted, the private key is stored in the local keystore, and the
public key is packaged and sent to the server. |
Yes |
|
<output> |
Represents some type of output, as from a calculation done through scripting. |
Yes |
|
<textarea> |
Represents a multiline plain text edit control for the element's raw value. |
Yes |
|
<select> |
Represents a control for selecting amongst a set of options. |
Yes |
|
<input> |
The input element represents a typed data field, usually with a form control to allow the user to edit the data. The input element type attribute has the following values.
- "text"
- "url"
- "email"
- "datetime"
- "date"
- "month"
- "week"
- "time"
- "datetime-local"
- "number"
- "range"
- "tel"
- "search"
- "color"
- "checkbox"
- "image"
- "file"
|
Partial |
- The following values for the type attribute shall be supported: "
text", "url", "email", "number", "range", "tel", "search", "checkbox", "date"; all other values are optional to support (note that some are marked as feature at risk in [HTML5-20130806]).
- Support for the
autocomplete attribute is optional. |
<a> |
The a element without an href attribute now represents a "placeholder link". It can also contain flow content rather than being restricted to phrase content. |
Partial |
Support for the IDL attribute relList is optional. |
<address> |
The address element is now scoped by the new concept
of sectioning. It represents the contact information for its nearest
article or body element ancestor. If that is the body element, then the
contact information applies to the document as a whole. |
Yes |
|
<b> |
The b element represents a span of text to be
stylistically offset from the normal prose without conveying any extra
importance, such as key words in a document abstract, product names in a
review, or other spans of text whose typical typographic presentation
is boldened. |
Yes |
|
<cite> |
The cite element now solely represents the title of a
work (e.g. a book, a paper, an essay, a poem, a score, a song, a script,
a film, a TV show, a game, a sculpture, a painting, a theatre
production, a play, an opera, a musical, an exhibition, a legal case
report, etc). Specifically the example in HTML4 where it is used to mark
up the name of a person is no longer considered conforming. |
Yes |
|
<hr> |
The hr element represents a paragraph-level thematic
break, e.g. a scene change in a story, or a transition to another topic
within a section of a reference book. |
Yes |
|
<i> |
The i element represents a span of text in an
alternate voice or mood, or otherwise offset from the normal prose, such
as a taxonomic designation, a technical term, an idiomatic phrase from
another language, a thought, a ship name, or some other prose whose
typical typographic presentation is italicized. |
Yes |
|
<label> |
For the label element the browser should no longer
move focus from the label to the control unless such behavior is
standard for the underlying platform user interface. |
Yes |
|
<menu> |
The menu element represents a list of commands and is redefined to be useful for toolbars and context menus. |
Partial |
menu element of type list shall be supported. Support for other types is optional.
- Support for the
label attribute is optional.
|
<small> |
The small element now represents small print (for side comments and legal print). |
Yes |
|
<strong> |
The strong element now represents importance rather than strong emphasis. |
Yes |
|
<head> |
The head element no longer allows the object element as child. |
Yes |
|
