HTML <html> Tag

Description

The <html> HTML element is a container that encloses the entire contents of a web page, including the <head> and <body> elements. The opening and closing <html> tags in the document are optional, but a good style dictates their indispensable use. As a rule, <html> comes second in the document, after determining the type of document (Document Type Definition, DTD) set via <!DOCTYPE> . The closing <html> tag is always the last in the document.

Properties

Permitted Parents: None. This is the root element of a document.
Content: <head> and <body>
Start/End Tags: Start tag: optional, End tag: optional

Example

HTML

<html>

  <head>

    <title>Title of the document</title>

  </head>

  <body>

    The content of the document......

  </body>

</html>

Attributes

Attribute	Definition
version	Specifies the HTML DTD version of the document. The version attribute is deprecated - use the `<!DOCTYPE>` tag instead.
content	Specifies the property's value.
scheme	Specifies a scheme to use to interpret the property's value (as declared in the content attribute).
http-equiv	Used for http response message headers. For example http-equiv can be used to refresh the page or to set a cookie. Values include content-type, expires, refresh and set-cookie.