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HTML5 DOCUMENT STRUCTURE
An HTML document is a text file containing markup tags. The markup tags tell the Web browser how to
display the web page. A HTML file is saved with .htm or .html extension.
Basic Structure of Html Document is as follows:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the web page</title>
</head>
<body>
Content of the page
</body>
</html>
A HTML page is divided into two sections called Head and Body.
Head contains the information which is not to be shown on the web page.
Body contains the information which is to be shown on the web page.
HTML provides various tags such as <!DOCTYPE html>, <HTML>, <HEAD>, <TITLE>, <BODY>, and many
more. Let us discuss some tags in detail.
The <!DOCTYPE html> Tag
The <!DOCTYPE html> is not an element in HTML. It is a document type declaration that tells the
browser about the version of HTML. It is not case sensitive which means you can write it into uppercase
or lowercase.
The <HTML> Tag
The <HTML> tag tells the web browser that the text contained between <html> and </html> is a web
page and can be viewed using a web browser. Every web page coding must starts with the <html> tag
and ends with the </html> tag.
The <HEAD> Tag
The <Head> tag defines header area of your web page. The information given in <Head> tag tells the
computer that this information is not to be shown on the web page. It is a container tag used in pair as
<head> and </head>. Every web page coding must have its header tag.
The <TITLE> Tag
The <Title> tag tells the web browser that text contained between <title> and </title> is the text that
does not form part of the web page. It will be shown on the Title Bar of your web browser. The use of
title tag is not mandatory. If you do not want to give title to your web page, you can skip it. Your web
browser will show file name and its path as title of your web page.
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