Html Introduction

HTML Introduction

What is html ?

• Html stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
• Html is the standard markup language for creating Web pages
• Html describes the structure of a Web page
• Html consists of a series of elements
• Html elements tell the browser how to display the content
• Html elements label pieces of content such as "this is a heading", "this is a paragraph", "this is a link", etc.

What is an HTML Element?

An HTML element is defined by a start tag, some content, and an end tag:

Example:-

Year	Version
1989	Tim Berners-Lee invented www
1991	Tim Berners-Lee invented HTML
1993	Dave Raggett drafted HTML +
1995	HTML Working Group defined HTML 2.0
1997	W3C Recommendation: HTML 3.2
1999	W3C Recommendation: HTML 4.01
2000	W3C Recommendation: XHTML 1.0
2008	WHATWG HTML5 First Public Draft
2012	WHATWG HTML5 Living Standard
2014	W3C Recommendation: HTML5
2016	W3C Candidate Recommendation: HTML 5.1
2017	W3C Recommendation: HTML5.1 2nd Edition
2017	W3C Recommendation: HTML5.2