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FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURE OF HTML DOCUMENT
                 HTML document consists of text that comprises the contents of the document and the tags that define the
                 structure and appearance of the document. The basic structure of an HTML document can be classified
                 into different elements or sections.



                                                    <HTML>
                                                        <HEAD>

                                                            <TITLE>
                                                            ........................

                                      HTML Section  HEAD Section          ........................  TITLE Section
                                                            ........................

                                                            </TITLE>

                                                        </HEAD>
                                                        <BODY>
                                               BODY Section         ........................
                                                           ........................


                                                           ........................

                                                        </BODY>



                                                        </HTML>

                 <HTML> Tag

                 HTML document begins with its header part in which <HTML> tag is used that identifies the document
                 as an HTML document.

                 The entire document is written inside <HTML>……</HTML> tags.  It marks the beginning and ending of
                 an HTML coded document. Syntax of the <HTML> tag is as follows:

                   <HTML> ... ... ... ... </HTML>
                                                    <HTML> Tag (Root Element)

                       Type           Function          Attributes             Contains             Used Inside

                  Container tag    An HTML tag      lang                 The <HTML> tag          It is used as the
                                   is used to                            contains the <HEAD>  top-level tag in all
                                   define and                            and <BODY> tags,        HTML documents.
                                   format parts                          which define the
                                   of a web page,                        metadata and content
                                   like headings,                        of the web page.
                                   paragraphs, or
                                   links.






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