HTML5: embed – integration point for plugins

embed – integration point for plugins # T

The embed element represents an integration point for external content.

Content model #

embed = empty & embed.attrs

Attribute model #

embed.attrs = common.attrs & src ? & type ? & height ? & width ? & embed.attrs.other *

embed.attrs.other = Any other attribute that has no namespace.

Element-specific attributes #

src = uri: The address of the content being embedded.
type = mimetype: The MIME type of the plugin to instantiate.
height = integer.positive: The height of the embedded content, in CSS pixels.
width = integer.positive: The width of the embedded content, in CSS pixels.

Tag omission #

The embed element is a void element. An embed element must have a start tag but must not have an end tag.

Permitted contexts #

common.elem.phrasing

Details #

The embed element represents an integration point for external content — typically, non-HTML content such as an application or some other type of interactive content which involves use of a third-party plugin as a handler (rather than being natively supported by the UA).