HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 3-7.
(
continued
)
HTML 4.01
XH
TML
(X)HTML
Element
T
F
S
1.0 T
1.0 F
1.0 S
1.1
2.0
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Meaning
summary
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
Table summary
sup
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Superscript
switch
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
Selection
table
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Table
tbody
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Table body
td
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Table data cell
template
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
Template
textarea
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Multiline text field
tfoot
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Table footer
th
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Table header cell
thead
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Table header
time
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
Date and/or time
title
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Document title
tr
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Table row
track
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
Timed track
trigger
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
Trigger
tt
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-
-
Teletype (monospace) text style
u
+
-
-
+
+
-
-
-
+
Underlined text style
ul
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Unordered list
upload
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
-
File upload
var
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
Variable
video
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
Video
wbr
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
+
Conditional line break
The core markup elements were introduced in the early versions of HTML, and later versions gradually updated
the set of elements. Some elements became
obsolete
over time, others were
deprecated
,
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removed, or replaced. New
specifications often introduce new elements. There are 70 elements listed in the HTML 3.2 specification [37], 91 in
HTML 4.01 [38], and 108 in HTML5 [39].
There is a large similarity between the elements of the Transitional, Frameset, and Strict flavors of HTML as well
as their XHTML counterparts. XHTML 1.0 Frameset is the XML equivalent of HTML 4.01 Frameset, the document
type that provides the definition of frameset documents, which was a common web feature of the late 1990s. XHTML
1.0 Transitional is the XML equivalent of HTML 4.01 Transitional, the document type that includes the presentational
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Prior to HTML5
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