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HTML/Training/Tag Syntax Tag Syntax: Decomposition of HTML Elements

HTML uses tags composed of <, > symbols and optional / symbols to define elements. Tags usually come in pairs with an opening and closing tag, but some single tags like <br> don't require a closing tag. Elements can contain attributes to provide more information and tags are interpreted by browsers to structure and display HTML documents.

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HTML/Training/Tag Syntax Tag Syntax: Decomposition of HTML Elements

HTML uses tags composed of <, > symbols and optional / symbols to define elements. Tags usually come in pairs with an opening and closing tag, but some single tags like <br> don't require a closing tag. Elements can contain attributes to provide more information and tags are interpreted by browsers to structure and display HTML documents.

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HTML/Training/Tag syntax

Tag syntax
HTML is using tags for its syntax. A tag is composed with special characters: <, > and /. They are
interpreted by softwares to compose an HTML element.

Decomposition of HTML elements


HTML elements usually come in tag pairs.

For opening a simple element with a start tag

1. it starts with <
2. then a list of characters without space, the tagname (or element)
3. ends usually with a >.
Then closing the simple element with an end tag

1. it starts with </
2. then the same list of characters without space, the tagname (or element)
3. ends usually with a >.
If the tagname is "cite", then you get

<cite></cite>

Some elements do not have an end tag (because they are implied by the following tags). For
example you might have seen:

<br>

An element can have attributes to refine its meaning.

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