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HTML5 Doctype Declaration Explained

The document discusses the HTML document type (<!DOCTYPE>) declaration which indicates the type of document to the browser. In HTML5, the declaration is simply <!DOCTYPE html>. Older HTML and XHTML documents have more complex declarations that refer to a DTD. The document also provides a table comparing which HTML elements are valid in HTML5, HTML4 and XHTML documents.

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HTML5 Doctype Declaration Explained

The document discusses the HTML document type (<!DOCTYPE>) declaration which indicates the type of document to the browser. In HTML5, the declaration is simply <!DOCTYPE html>. Older HTML and XHTML documents have more complex declarations that refer to a DTD. The document also provides a table comparing which HTML elements are valid in HTML5, HTML4 and XHTML documents.

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The HTML Document Type


All HTML documents must start with a <!DOCTYPE> declaration.

The declaration is not an HTML tag. It is an "information" to the browser about what document type
to expect.

In HTML5, the <!DOCTYPE> declaration is simple:

<!DOCTYPE html>

In older documents (HTML 4 or XHTML), the declaration is more complicated because the
declaration must refer to a DTD (Document Type Definition).

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"


"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"


"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">

You can read more about document types in the <!DOCTYPE> reference.

Valid HTML Elements in Different DOCTYPES

Tag HTML 5 HTML 4 XHTML


<a> Yes Yes Yes

<abbr> Yes Yes Yes

<acronym> No Yes Yes

<address> Yes Yes Yes

<applet> No Yes No

<area> Yes Yes No

<article> Yes No No

<aside> Yes No No

<audio> Yes No No

<b> Yes Yes Yes

<base> Yes Yes Yes

<basefont> No Yes No

<bdi> Yes No No

<bdo> Yes Yes No

<big> No Yes Yes

<blockquote> Yes Yes Yes

<body> Yes Yes Yes

<br> Yes Yes Yes

<button> Yes Yes Yes

<canvas> Yes No No

<caption> Yes Yes Yes

<center> No Yes No

<cite> Yes Yes Yes

<code> Yes Yes Yes

<col> Yes Yes No

<colgroup> Yes Yes No


<datalist> Yes No No

<dd> Yes Yes Yes

<del> Yes Yes No

<details> Yes No No

<dfn> Yes Yes Yes

<dialog> Yes No No

<dir> No Yes No

<div> Yes Yes Yes

<dl> Yes Yes Yes

<dt> Yes Yes Yes

<em> Yes Yes Yes

<embed> Yes No No

<fieldset> Yes Yes Yes

<figcaption> Yes No No

<figure> Yes No No

<font> No Yes No

<footer> Yes No No

<form> Yes Yes Yes

<frame> No No No

<frameset> No Yes No

<h1> to <h6> Yes Yes Yes

<head> Yes Yes Yes

<header> Yes No No

<hr> Yes Yes Yes

<html> Yes Yes Yes

<i> Yes Yes Yes


<iframe> Yes Yes No

<img> Yes Yes Yes

<input> Yes Yes Yes

<ins> Yes Yes No

<kbd> Yes Yes Yes

<label> Yes Yes Yes

<legend> Yes Yes Yes

<li> Yes Yes Yes

<link> Yes Yes Yes

<main> Yes No No

<map> Yes Yes No

<mark> Yes No No

<meta> Yes Yes Yes

<meter> Yes No No

<nav> Yes No No

<noframes> No Yes No

<noscript> Yes Yes Yes

<object> Yes Yes Yes

<ol> Yes Yes Yes

<optgroup> Yes Yes Yes

<option> Yes Yes Yes

<output> Yes No No

<p> Yes Yes Yes

<param> Yes Yes Yes

<pre> Yes Yes Yes

<progress> Yes No No
<q> Yes Yes Yes

<rp> Yes No No

<rt> Yes No No

<ruby> Yes No No

<s> Yes Yes No

<samp> Yes Yes Yes

<script> Yes Yes Yes

<section> Yes No No

<select> Yes Yes Yes

<small> Yes Yes Yes

<source> Yes No No

<span> Yes Yes Yes

<strike> No Yes No

<strong> Yes Yes Yes

<style> Yes Yes Yes

<sub> Yes Yes Yes

<summary> Yes No No

<sup> Yes Yes Yes

<table> Yes Yes Yes

<tbody> Yes Yes No

<td> Yes Yes Yes

<textarea> Yes Yes Yes

<tfoot> Yes Yes No

<th> Yes Yes Yes

<thead> Yes Yes No

<time> Yes No No
<title> Yes Yes Yes

<tr> Yes Yes Yes

<track> Yes No No

<tt> No Yes Yes

<u> Yes Yes No

<ul> Yes Yes Yes

<var> Yes Yes Yes

<video> Yes No No

<wbr> Yes No No

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