[html]
desc=The <code>html</code> element represents the root of an HTML document.
meaning=Document root
start=optional
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[head]
desc=The <code>head</code> element collects the document’s metadata.
meaning=Document head
start=optional
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[title]
desc=The <code>title</code> element represents the document’s title or name, and should be meaningful even when read out of context.
meaning=Document title
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[base]
desc=The <code>base</code> element is for specifying a base URL against which relative links will be resolved, and the name of the default target for opening links and form submissions.
meaning=Document base URI
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=strict

[link]
desc=The <code>link</code> is for linking to other resources, such as stylesheets, favicons and syndication feeds.
meaning=Link to resources
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=strict

[meta]
desc=The <code>meta</code> element is for providing various types of metadata, such as the application-name or specifying the documents character encoding.
meaning=Metadata
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=strict

[style]
desc=The <code>style</code> element allows authors to embed stylesheets, typically CSS, within their documents.
meaning=Embedded stylesheet
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[script]
desc=The <code>script</code> element allows authors to include scripts, typically javaScript, and data blocks in their documents.
meaning=Linked or embedded script
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[noscript]
desc=The <code>noscript</code> element is used to provide alternative content for users using browsers that do not support scripting or have it disabled.
meaning=Alternative content for no script support
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[body]
desc=The <code>body</code> element represents the main content of the document.
meaning=Main content
start=optional
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[section]
desc=The <code>section</code> element represents a generic document or application section. A section, in this context, is a thematic grouping of content, typically with a header and possibly a footer.
meaning=Document section
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[nav]
desc=The <code>nav</code> element represents a section of a page containing primary navigation links to other pages or to parts within the page.
meaning=Navigation
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[article]
desc=The <code>article</code> element represents an independent section of a document, page, or site. This could be a forum post, a magazine or newspaper article, a blog entry, a user-submitted comment, or any other independent item of content.
meaning=Independent section
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[aside]
desc=The <code>aside</code> element represents a section of a page that consists of content that is tangentially related to the content around the <code>aside</code> element, and which could be considered separate from that content. Such sections are often represented as sidebars in printed typography.
meaning=Auxiliary section
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[h1]
desc=These elements define headers for their sections.
meaning=Heading level 1
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict
notes=The heading level is also affected by sectioning elements

[h2]
desc=These elements define headers for their sections.
meaning=Heading level 2
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[h3]
desc=These elements define headers for their sections.
meaning=Heading level 3
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[h4]
desc=These elements define headers for their sections.
meaning=Heading level 4
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[h5]
desc=These elements define headers for their sections.
meaning=Heading level 5
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[h6]
desc=These elements define headers for their sections.
meaning=Heading level 6
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[header]
desc=The <code>header</code> element represents the header of a section, typically containing headings and subheadings, and other metadata about the section.
meaning=Section header
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[footer]
desc=The <code>footer</code> element represents a footer of a section, typically containing information such as who wrote it, links to related documents, and copyright notices.
meaning=Section footer
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[address]
desc=The <code>address</code> element represents the contact information for the section it <a href="#applyToSection">applies</a> to. If it applies to <span>the body element</span>, then it instead applies to the document as a whole.
meaning=Contact information
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[p]
desc=The <code>p</code> element represents a <span>paragraph</span>.
meaning=Paragraph
start=required
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[hr]
desc=The <code>hr</code> element represents a <span>paragraph</span>-level thematic break, e.g. a scene change in a story, or a transition to another topic within a section of a reference book.
meaning=Separator
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=strict

[br]
desc=The <code>br</code> element represents a line break.
meaning=Line break
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=strict

[pre]
desc=The <code>pre</code> element represents a block of preformatted text, in which structure is represented by typographic conventions rather than by elements.
meaning=Preformatted text
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[dialog]
desc=The <code>dialog</code> element represents a conversation.
meaning=Conversation
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[blockquote]
desc=The <code>blockquote</code> element represents a section that is quoted from another source.
meaning=Long quotation
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[ol]
desc=The <code>ol</code> element represents an ordered list.
meaning=Ordered list
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[ul]
desc=The <code>ul</code> element represents an unordered list.
meaning=Unordered list
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[li]
desc=The <code>li</code> element represents a list item.
meaning=List item
start=required
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[dl]
desc=The <code>dl</code> element introduces an association list containing groups of terms and associated descriptions. (a description list).
meaning=Description list
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[dt]
desc=The <code>dt</code> element represents the term, or name, part of a term-description group in a description list (<code>dl</code> element), and the talker, or speaker, part of a talker-discourse pair in a conversation (<code>dialog</code> element).
meaning=Description term
start=required
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[dd]
desc=The <code>dd</code> element represents the description, definition, or value, part of a term-description group in a description list (<code>dl</code> element), and the discourse, or quote, part in a conversation (<code>dialog</code> element).
meaning=Description description
start=required
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[a]
desc=If the <code>a</code> element has an <code title="attr-hyperlink-href">href</code> attribute, then it represents a <span>hyperlink</span>.
meaning=Hyperlink
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[q]
desc=The <code>q</code> element represents a phrase quoted from another source.
meaning=Inline quotation
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[cite]
desc=The <code>cite</code> element represents the title of a work, such as an article, a book, a poem, a song, a film, or any other creative work.
meaning=Citation
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[em]
desc=The <code>em</code> element represents stress emphasis of its contents.
meaning=Stress emphasis
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[strong]
desc=The <code>strong</code> element represents strong importance for its contents.
meaning=Strong importance
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[small]
desc=The <code>small</code> element represents small print (part of a document often describing legal restrictions, such as copyrights or other disadvantages), or other side comments.
meaning=Small print
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[mark]
desc=The <code>mark</code> element represents a run of text in one document marked or highlighted for reference purposes, due to its relevance in another context.
meaning=Marked or highlighted text
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[dfn]
desc=The <code>dfn</code> element represents the defining instance of a term, where its definition is provided nearby.
meaning=Defining instance of a term
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[abbr]
desc=The <code>abbr</code> element represents an abbreviation or acronym, optionally with its expansion.
meaning=Abbreviation
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict
html4=strict

[time]
desc=The <code>time</code> element represents a date and/or a time.
meaning=Date and/or time
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[progress]
desc=The <code>progress</code> element represents the completion progress of a task.
meaning=Progress of a task
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[meter]
desc=The <code>meter</code> element represents a scalar measurement within a known range, or a fractional value.
meaning=Scalar measurement
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[code]
desc=The <code>code</code> element represents a fragment of computer code.
meaning=Code fragment
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[var]
desc=The <code>var</code> element represents a variable, such as in a mathematical expression or programming context, or it could just be a term used as a placeholder in prose.
meaning=Variable
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[samp]
desc=The <code>samp</code> element represents (sample) output from a program or computing system.
meaning=Sample output
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[kbd]
desc=The <code>kbd</code> element represents user input (typically keyboard input, although it may also be used to represent other input, such as voice commands).
meaning=User input
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[sub]
desc=The <code>sup</code> element represents a superscript and the <code>sub</code> element represents a subscript.
meaning=Subscript
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[sup]
desc=The <code>sup</code> element represents a superscript and the <code>sub</code> element represents a subscript.
meaning=Superscript
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[span]
desc=The <code>span</code> element doesn’t mean anything on its own, but can be useful when used together with other attributes, e.g. <code title="attr-class">class</code>, <code title="attr-lang">lang</code>, or <code title="attr-dir">dir</code>.
meaning=Generic inline container
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[i]
desc=The <code>i</code> element represents a span of text in an alternate voice or mood, or otherwise offset from the normal prose, such as a taxonomic designation, a technical term, an idiomatic phrase from another language, a thought, a ship name, or some other prose whose typical typographic presentation is italicized.
meaning=Italic text
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[b]
desc=The <code>b</code> element represents a span of text to be stylistically offset from the normal prose without conveying any extra importance, such as key words in a document abstract, product names in a review, or other spans of text whose typical typographic presentation is boldened.
meaning=Bold text
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[bdo]
desc=The <code>bdo</code> element allows authors to override the Unicode bidi algorithm by explicitly specifying a direction override. <a href="#refsBIDI">[BIDI]</a>
meaning=Bi-directional text override
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[ruby]
desc=The <code>ruby</code> element allows one or more spans of phrasing content to be marked with ruby annotations. Ruby annotations are short runs of text presented alongside base text, primarily used in East Asian typography as a guide for pronounciation or to include other annotations. In Japanese, this form of typography is also known as <i>furigana</i>.
meaning=Ruby annotation
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[rt]
desc=The <code>rt</code> element marks the ruby text component of a ruby annotation.
meaning=Ruby text
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[rp]
desc=The <code>rp</code> element can be used to provide parentheses around a ruby text component of a ruby annotation, to be shown by user agents that don’t support ruby annotations.
meaning=Ruby parenthesis
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[ins]
desc=The <code>ins</code> element represents an addition to the document.
meaning=Insertion
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[del]
desc=The <code>del</code> element represents a removal from the document.
meaning=Deletion
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[figure]
desc=The <code>figure</code> element represents some <span>flow content</span>, optionally with a caption, which can be moved away from the main flow of the document without affecting the document’s meaning.
meaning=A figure with a caption.
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[img]
desc=An <code>img</code> element represents an image.
meaning=Image
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=strict

[iframe]
desc=The <code>iframe</code> element introduces a new nested <span>browsing context</span>.
meaning=Inline frame
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=transitional

[embed]
desc=The <code>embed</code> element represents an integration point for an external (typically non-HTML) application or interactive content.
meaning=Embedded application
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=none

[object]
desc=The <code>object</code> element can represent an external resource, which, depending on the type of the resource, will either be treated as an image, as a nested <span>browsing context</span>, or as an external resource to be processed by a <span>plugin</span>.
meaning=Generic embedded resource
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[param]
desc=The <code>param</code> element defines parameters for plugins invoked by <code>object</code> elements.
meaning=Plugin parameter
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=strict

[video]
desc=A <code>video</code> element represents a video or movie.
meaning=Video or movie
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[audio]
desc=An <code>audio</code> element represents a sound or audio stream.
meaning=Audio stream
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[source]
desc=The <code>source</code> element allows authors to specify multiple <span title="media resource">media resources</span> for <span title="media element">media elements</span>.
meaning=Media resource
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=none

[canvas]
desc=The <code>canvas</code> element represents a resolution-dependent bitmap canvas, which can be used for rendering graphs, game graphics, or other visual images on the fly.
meaning=Bitmap canvas
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[map]
desc=The <code>map</code> element, in conjunction with any <code>area</code> element descendants, defines an <span>image map</span>.
meaning=Client-side image map
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[area]
desc=The <code>area</code> element represents either a hyperlink with some text and a corresponding area on an <span>image map</span>, or a dead area on an image map.
meaning=Image map region
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=strict

[table]
desc=The <code>table</code> element represents data with more than one dimension (a <span title="concept-table">table</span>).
meaning=Table
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[caption]
desc=The <code>caption</code> element represents the title of the <code>table</code> that is its parent, if it has a parent and that is a <code>table</code> element.
meaning=Table caption
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[colgroup]
desc=The <code>colgroup</code> element represents a <span title="concept-column-group">group</span> of one or more <span title="concept-column">columns</span> in the <code>table</code> that is its parent, if it has a parent and that is a <code>table</code> element.
meaning=Table column group
start=optional
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[col]
desc=If a <code>col</code> element has a parent and that is a <code>colgroup</code> element that itself has a parent that is a <code>table</code> element, then the <code>col</code> element represents one or more <span title="concept-column">columns</span> in the <span title="concept-column-group">column group</span> represented by that <code>colgroup</code>.
meaning=Table column
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=strict

[tbody]
desc=The <code>tbody</code> element represents a <span title="concept-row-group">block</span> of <span title="concept-row">rows</span> that consist of a body of data for the parent <code>table</code> element, if the <code>tbody</code> element has a parent and it is a <code>table</code>.
meaning=Table body
start=optional
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[thead]
desc=The <code>thead</code> element represents the <span title="concept-row-group">block</span> of <span title="concept-row">rows</span> that consist of the column labels (headers) for the parent <code>table</code> element, if the <code>thead</code> element has a parent and it is a <code>table</code>.
meaning=Table head
start=optional
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[tfoot]
desc=The <code>tfoot</code> element represents the <span title="concept-row-group">block</span> of <span title="concept-row">rows</span> that consist of the column summaries (footers) for the parent <code>table</code> element, if the <code>tfoot</code> element has a parent and it is a <code>table</code>.
meaning=Table footer
start=optional
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[tr]
desc=The <code>tr</code> element represents a <span title="concept-row">row</span> of <span title="concept-cell">cells</span> in a <span title="concept-table">table</span>.
meaning=Table row
start=required
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[td]
desc=The <code>td</code> element represents a data <span title="concept-cell">cell</span> in a table.
meaning=Table cell
start=required
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[th]
desc=The <code>th</code> element represents a header <span title="concept-cell">cell</span> in a table.
meaning=Table header cell
start=required
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[form]
desc=The <code>form</code> element represents a collection of <span title="form-associated element">form-associated elements</span>, some of which can represent editable values that can be submitted to a server for processing.
meaning=Form
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[fieldset]
desc=The <code>fieldset</code> element represents a set of form controls grouped under a common name.
meaning=Form control group
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[label]
desc=The <code>label</code> represents a caption in a user interface. The caption can be associated with a specific form control, known as the <code>label</code> element’s <dfn>labeled control</dfn>.
meaning=Form control label
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[input]
desc=The <code>input</code> element represents a typed data field, usually with a form control to allow the user to edit the data.
meaning=Form control
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=strict

[button]
desc=The <code>button</code> element represents a button. If the element is not <span title="concept-fe-disabled">disabled</span>, then the user agent should allow the user to activate the button.
meaning=Push button control
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[select]
desc=The <code>select</code> element represents a control for selecting amongst a set of options.
meaning=Selection control
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[datalist]
desc=The <code>datalist</code> element represents a set of <code>option</code> elements that represent predefined options for other controls. The contents of the element represents fallback content for legacy user agents, intermixed with <code>option</code> elements that represent the predefined options. In the rendering, the <code>datalist</code> element represents nothing and it, along with its children, should be hidden.
meaning=Predefined control values
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[optgroup]
desc=The <code>optgroup</code> element represents a group of <code>option</code> elements with a common label.
meaning=Option group
start=required
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[option]
desc=The <code>option</code> element represents an option in a <code>select</code> element or as part of a list of suggestions in a <code>datalist</code> element.
meaning=Selection choice
start=required
end=optional
status=active
html4=strict

[textarea]
desc=The <code>textarea</code> element represents a multiline plain text edit control for the element’s <dfn title="concept-textarea-raw-value">raw value</dfn>. The contents of the control represent the control’s default value.
meaning=Multi-line text control
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[output]
desc=The <code>output</code> element represents the result of a calculation.
meaning=Output control
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[details]
desc=The <code>details</code> element represents additional information or controls which the user can obtain on demand.
meaning=Additional information
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[datagrid]
desc=The <code><a href="#datagrid">datagrid</a></code> element <a href="#represents">represents</a> an interactive representation of tree, list, or tabular data.
meaning=Interactive tree, list or tabular data
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[command]
desc=The <code>command</code> element represents a command that the user can invoke.
meaning=Command that a user can invoke
start=required
end=empty
status=active
html4=none

[bb]
desc=The <code>bb</code> element represents a user agent command that the user can invoke.
meaning=Browser button
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=none

[menu]
desc=The <code>menu</code> element represents a list of commands.
meaning=Command menu
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=transitional

[legend]
desc=The <code>legend</code> element represents a title or explanatory caption for the rest of the contents of the <code>legend</code> element’s parent element.
meaning=Explanatory title or caption
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

[div]
desc=The <code>div</code> element represents nothing at all. It can be used with the <code title="attr-class">class</code>, <code title="attr-lang">lang</code>/<code title="attr-xml-lang">xml:lang</code>, and <code title="attr-title">title</code> attributes to mark up semantics common to a group of consecutive elements.
meaning=Generic division
start=required
end=required
status=active
html4=strict

#Obsolete elements

[acronym]
desc=The <code>acronym</code> element represents an abbreviation or acronym, optionally with its expansion.
meaning=Acronym
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use the <code>abbr</code> element
html4=strict

[applet]
desc=The <code>applet</code> element represents an embedded Java applet.
meaning=Java applet
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use the <code>object</code> element.
html4=transitional

[basefont]
desc=The <code>basefont</code> element represents a base font style for the document.
meaning=Base font style
start=required
end=empty
status=obsolete
notes=This has limited support in browsers. Use CSS instead.
html4=transitional

[bgsound]
desc=The <code>bgsound</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=empty
status=obsolete
notes=Use the <code>audio</code> element.
html4=none

[big]
desc=The <code>big</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use a semantically appropriate element with CSS for style.
html4=strict

[blink]
desc=The <code>blink</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=CSS provides an alternative with limited browser support, but note that blinking text is annoying.
html4=none

[center]
desc=The <code>center</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use a semantically appropriate element with CSS for style.
html4=transitional

[dir]
desc=The <code>dir</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use the <code>ul</code> element.
html4=transitional

[font]
desc=The <code>font</code> element represents font styling
meaning=Font style
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use a semantically appropriate element with CSS for style.
html4=transitional

[frame]
desc=The <code>frame</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Consider using CSS layouts or the <code>iframe</code> element.
html4=frameset

[frameset]
desc=The <code>frameset</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Consider using CSS layouts or the <code>iframe</code> element.
html4=frameset

[listing]
desc=The <code>listing</code> element represents a block of preformatted text, in which structure is represented by typographic conventions rather than by elements.
meaning=Preformatted text
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use the <code>pre</code> element.
html4=none

[marquee]
desc=The <code>marquee</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Scripting or CSS animations can be used to simulate scrolling text.
html4=none

[nobr]
desc=The <code>nobr</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use a semantically appropriate element with CSS for style.
html4=none

[noembed]
desc=The <code>noembed</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=
html4=none

[noframes]
desc=The <code>noframes</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=
html4=frameset

[isindex]
desc=The <code>isindex</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use a form with a text <code>input</code> and submit button.
html4=transitional

[plaintext]
desc=The <code>plaintext</code> element represents a block of preformatted text, in which structure is represented by typographic conventions rather than by elements.
meaning=Preformatted text
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use the <code>pre</code> element.
html4=none

[s]
desc=The <code>s</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Consider using the <code>del</code> element, if appropriate, or another semantically appropriate element with CSS for style.
html4=transitional

[spacer]
desc=The <code>spacer</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use CSS layout techniques.
html4=none

[strike]
desc=The <code>strike</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Consider using the <code>del</code> element, if appropriate, or another semantically appropriate element with CSS for style.
html4=transitional

[tt]
desc=The <code>tt</code> element 
meaning=Teletype
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Consider using the <code>code</code> element, if appropriate, or another semantically appropriate element with CSS for style.
html4=transitional

[u]
desc=The <code>u</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use a semantically appropriate element with CSS for style.
html4=transitional

[wbr]
desc=The <code>wbr</code> element 
meaning=
start=required
end=empty
status=obsolete
notes=
html4=none

[xmp]
desc=The <code>xmp</code> element represents a block of preformatted text, in which structure is represented by typographic conventions rather than by elements.
meaning=Preformatted text
start=required
end=required
status=obsolete
notes=Use the <code>pre</code> element.
html4=none