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xhtml html5
TAGS:
must balance/close? yes not all (p, li, ...)
self-closing allowed? yes not for possibly non-EMPTY
case-sensitive? yes no; prefer lower (* html4: prefer upper)
(others:)
div dummy block-level (same)
span dummy inline-level (same)
content vs display content only display deprecated; use css
(i vs em, b vs strong)
ATTRS:
quotes around val? yes boolean vals omittable (* pre-html4: quotes optional)
boolean-attrs val="" can omit the value (just have attr-name)
val="val"
(globals:)
id yes (same)
name forms only (deprecated, for href #)
class link w/ css
style override any css
href in any tag(!) in `a` only (and, in `link`: stylesheets only)
ENTITIES:
lt gt amp quot apos mdash hellip larr alpha deg and others
also numeric: hex, dec A and A (both represent the letter 'A')
HTML5 is most interestingly (just) some definition/structrual changes to HTML4.
But it also is commonly used to indicate new tags (e.g. media),
and/or related CSS technology (e.g. animated/spinning elements, browser-hints on autofill).
See: xhtml.com/en/future/x-html-5-versus-xhtml-2/.
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