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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
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<title>HTML 3.2 Reference Specification</title>
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<body bgcolor="#FFF6F0"
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background="recbg.jpg"
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text="#000000"
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link="#C00000"
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vlink="#800000" alink="#FF00FF">
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<!--basefont size=3-->
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<h2 align=right><A HREF="http://www.w3.org/"><img align=left border=0 alt="W3C:"
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width=72 height=48
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src="http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Icons/WWW/w3c_home"></A>
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REC-html32</h2>
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<h1 align=center>HTML 3.2 Reference Specification</h1>
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<h3 align=center>W3C Recommendation <i>14-Jan-1997</i></h3>
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<p>Author: <i><a href="http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett">Dave Raggett</a></i>
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<tt><<a href="mailto:dsr@w3.org">dsr@w3.org</a>></tt></p>
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<hr>
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<h3>Status of this document</h3>
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<p>This document has been reviewed by W3C members and other interested
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parties and has been endorsed by the Director as a W3C Recommendation.
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It is a stable document and may be used as reference material or cited
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as a normative reference from another document. W3C's role in making
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the Recommendation is to draw attention to the specification and to
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promote its widespread deployment. This enhances the functionality
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and interoperability of the Web.
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<p>A list of current W3C Recommendations and other technical documents
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can be found at
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/">http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/</A>.
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<hr>
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<h2>Abstract</h2>
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<p>The HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is a simple markup language used
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to create hypertext documents that are portable from one platform to
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another. HTML documents are SGML documents with generic semantics that
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are appropriate for representing information from a wide range of
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applications. This specification defines HTML version 3.2. HTML 3.2 aims
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to capture recommended practice as of early '96 and as such to be used
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as a replacement for HTML 2.0 (<a href="#refs">RFC 1866</a>).
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<hr>
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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#intro">Introduction to HTML 3.2</a>
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<li><a href="#sgml">HTML as an SGML application</a>
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<li><a href="#html">The Structure of HTML documents</a>
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<li><a href="#head">The HEAD element and its children</a>
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<li><a href="#body">The BODY element and its children</a>
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<li><a href="#catalog">Sample SGML Open Catalog for HTML 3.2</a>
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<li><a href="#sgmldecl">SGML Declaration for HTML 3.2</a>
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<li><a href="#dtd">HTML 3.2 Document Type Definition</a>
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<li><a href="#latin1">Character Entities for ISO Latin-1</a>
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<li><a href="#charset">Table of printable Latin-1 Character codes</a>
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<li><a href="#acks">Acknowledgements</a>
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<li><a href="#refs">Further Reading ...</a>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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<h2><a name=intro>Introduction to HTML 3.2</a></h2>
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<p>HTML 3.2 is W3C's specification for HTML, developed in early `96
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together with vendors including IBM, Microsoft, Netscape Communications
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Corporation, Novell, SoftQuad, Spyglass, and Sun Microsystems. HTML 3.2
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adds widely deployed features such as tables, applets and text flow
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around images, while providing full backwards compatibility with the
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existing standard HTML 2.0.
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<p>W3C is continuing to work with vendors on extensions for
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accessibility features, multimedia objects, scripting, style sheets,
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layout, forms, math and internationalization. W3C plans on incorporating
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this work in further versions of HTML.
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<h3><a name=sgml>HTML as an SGML Application</a></h3>
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<p>HTML 3.2 is an SGML application conforming to International Standard
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ISO 8879 -- Standard Generalized Markup Language. As an SGML
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application, the syntax of conforming HTML 3.2 documents is defined by
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the combination of the <a href="#sgmldecl">SGML declaration</a> and the
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<a href="#dtd">document type definition</a> (DTD). This specification
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defines the intended interpretation of HTML 3.2 elements, and places
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further constraints on the permitted syntax which are otherwise
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inexpressible in the DTD.
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<p>The SGML rules for record boundaries are tricky. In particular, a
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record end immediately following a start tag should be discarded. For
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example:
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<pre><P>
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Text</pre>
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<p>
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is equivalent to:</p>
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<pre><P>Text</pre>
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<p>Similarly, a record end immediately preceding an end tag should be
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discarded. For example:
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<pre>Text
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</P></pre>
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<p>is equivalent to:
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</p>
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<pre>Text</P></pre>
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<p>Except within literal text (e.g. the <samp>PRE</samp> element), HTML
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treats contiguous sequences of white space characters as being
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equivalent to a single space character (ASCII decimal 32). These rules
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allow authors considerable flexibility when editing the marked-up text
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directly. Note that future revisions to HTML may allow for the
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interpretation of the horizontal tab character (ASCII decimal 9) with
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respect to a tab rule defined by an associated style sheet.
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<p>SGML entities in PCDATA content or in CDATA attributes are expanded
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by the parser, e.g. <samp>&#233;</samp> is expanded to the ISO
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Latin-1 character decimal 233 (a lower case letter e with an acute
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accent). This could also have been written as a named character entity,
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e.g. <samp>&eacute;</samp>. The & character can be included
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in its own right using the named character entity <samp>&amp;</samp>.
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<p>HTML allows CDATA attributes to be unquoted provided the attribute
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value contains only letters (a to z and A to Z), digits (0 to 9),
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hyphens (ASCII
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decimal 45) or, periods (ASCII decimal 46). Attribute values can
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be quoted using double or single quote marks (ASCII decimal 34 and
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39 respectively). Single quote marks can be included within the
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attribute value when the value is delimited by double quote marks,
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and vice versa.
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<p>Note that some user agents require attribute minimisation for the
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following attributes: <samp>COMPACT</samp>, <samp>ISMAP</samp>,
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<samp>CHECKED</samp>, <samp>NOWRAP</samp>, <samp>NOSHADE</samp> and
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<samp>NOHREF</samp>. These user agents don't accept syntax such as
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<samp>COMPACT=COMPACT</samp> or <samp>ISMAP=ISMAP</samp> although this
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is legitimate according to the HTML 3.2 DTD.
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<p>The SGML declaration and the DTD for use with HTML 3.2 are given in
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appendices. Further guidelines for parsing HTML are given in
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<a href="#refs">WD-html-lex</a>.
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<hr>
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<h3><a name=html>The Structure of HTML documents</a></h3>
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<p>HTML 3.2 Documents start with a <!DOCTYPE> declaration
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followed by an HTML element containing a <a href="#head"><samp>HEAD</samp></a>
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and then a <a href="#body"><samp>BODY</samp></a> element:
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<pre> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
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<HTML>
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<HEAD>
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<TITLE>A study of population dynamics</TITLE>
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<i>... other head elements</i>
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</HEAD>
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<BODY>
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<i>... document body</i>
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</BODY>
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</HTML></pre>
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<P>In practice, the <samp>HTML</samp>, <a href="#head"><samp>HEAD</samp></a>
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and <a href="#body"><samp>BODY</samp></a> start and end tags can be omitted
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from the markup as these can be inferred in all cases by parsers conforming
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to the <a href="#dtd">HTML 3.2 DTD</a>.
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<p>Every conforming HTML 3.2 document <b>must</b> start with the
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<samp><!DOCTYPE></samp> declaration that is needed to distinguish
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HTML 3.2 documents from other versions of HTML. The HTML specification
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is not concerned with storage entities. As a result, it is not required
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that the document type declaration reside in the same storage entity
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(i.e. file). A Web site may choose to dynamically prepend HTML files
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with the document type declaration if it is known that all such HTML
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files conform to the HTML 3.2 specification.
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<p>Every HTML 3.2 document must also include the descriptive title
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element. A minimal HTML 3.2 document thus looks like:
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<pre> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
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<TITLE>A study of population dynamics</TITLE></pre>
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<p><i>Note: the word "Final" replaces "Draft" now that the HTML 3.2
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specification has been ratified by the W3C member organizations.</i>
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<hr>
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<h2><a name=head>The HEAD element</a></h2>
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<p>This contains the document head, but you can always omit both
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the start and end tags for <samp>HEAD</samp>. The contents of the
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document head is an unordered collection of the following elements:
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<ul>
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<li><a href="#title">The TITLE element</a>
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<li><a href="#script">The STYLE element</a>
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<li><a href="#script">The SCRIPT element</a>
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<li><a href="#isindex">The ISINDEX element</a>
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<li><a href="#base">The BASE element</a>
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<li><a href="#meta">The META element</a>
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<li><a href="#link">The LINK element</a>
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</ul>
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<pre><!ENTITY % head.content "TITLE & ISINDEX? & BASE?">
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<!ENTITY % head.misc "SCRIPT|STYLE|META|LINK">
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<!ELEMENT HEAD O O (%head.content) +(%head.misc)></pre>
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<p>The %head.misc entity is used to allow the associated elements
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to occur multiple times at arbitrary positions within the HEAD.
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The following elements can be part of the document head:
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<dl>
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<dt><b><a href="#title">TITLE</a></b> defines the document title,
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and is always needed.
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<dt><b><a href="#isindex">ISINDEX</a></b> for simple keyword searches,
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see <samp>PROMPT</samp> attribute.
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<dt><b><a href="#base">BASE</a></b> defines base URL for resolving
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relative URLs.
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<dt><b><a href="#script">SCRIPT</a></b> reserved for future use
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with scripting languages.
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<dt><b><a href="#style">STYLE</a></b> reserved for future use
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with style sheets.
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<dt><b><a href="#meta">META</a></b> used to supply meta info as
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name/value pairs.
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<dt><b><a href="#link">LINK</a></b> used to define relationships
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with other documents.
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</dl>
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<p><samp>TITLE</samp>, <samp>SCRIPT</samp> and <samp>STYLE</samp> are
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containers and require both start and end tags. The other elements are
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not containers so that end tags are forbidden. Note that conforming
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browsers won't render the contents of <samp>SCRIPT</samp> and
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<samp>STYLE</samp> elements.
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<h3><a name=title>TITLE</a></h3>
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<pre><!ELEMENT TITLE - - (#PCDATA)* -(%head.misc)></pre>
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<p>Every HTML 3.2 document <b>must</b> have exactly one
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<samp>TITLE</samp> element in the document's <samp>HEAD</samp>. It
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provides an advisory title which can be displayed in a user agent's
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window caption etc. The content model is PCDATA. As a result, character
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entities can be used for accented characters and to escape special
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characters such as & and <. Markup is not permitted in the
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content of a <samp>TITLE</samp> element.
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<p>Example TITLE element:
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<pre> <TITLE>A study of population dynamics</TITLE></pre>
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<h3><a name=style>STYLE</a> and <a name=script>SCRIPT</a></h3>
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<pre>
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<!ELEMENT STYLE - - CDATA -- placeholder for style info -->
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<!ELEMENT SCRIPT - - CDATA -- placeholder for script statements -->
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</pre>
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<p>These are place holders for the introduction of style sheets and
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client-side scripts in future versions of HTML. User agents should hide
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the contents of these elements.
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<p>These elements are defined with CDATA as the content type. As a
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result they may contain only SGML characters. All markup characters or
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delimiters are ignored and passed as data to the application, except for
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ETAGO ("</") delimiters followed immediately by a name character
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[a-zA-Z]. This means that the element's end-tag (or that of an element
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in which it is nested) is recognized, while an error occurs if the ETAGO
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is invalid.
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<h3><a name=isindex>ISINDEX</a></h3>
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<pre> <!ELEMENT ISINDEX - O EMPTY>
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<!ATTLIST ISINDEX
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prompt CDATA #IMPLIED -- prompt message --></pre>
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<p>The <samp>ISINDEX</samp> element indicates that the user agent should
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provide a single line text input field for entering a query string.
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There are no restrictions on the number of characters that can be
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entered. The <samp>PROMPT</samp> attribute can be used to specify a
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prompt string for the input field, e.g.
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<pre> <ISINDEX PROMPT="Search Phrase"></pre>
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<p>The semantics for <samp>ISINDEX</samp> are currently well defined
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only when the base URL for the enclosing document is an HTTP URL.
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Typically, when the user presses the enter (return) key, the query
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string is sent to the server identified by the base URL for this
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document. For example, if the query string entered is "ten green apples"
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and the base URL is:
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<pre> http://www.acme.com/</pre>
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<p>then the query generated is:
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<pre> http://www.acme.com/?ten+green+apples"</pre>
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<p>Note that space characters are mapped to "+" characters and that
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normal URL character escaping mechanisms apply. For further details see
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the <a href="#refs">HTTP</a> specification.
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<p><i><b>Note</b> in practice, the query string is resticted to Latin-1
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as there is no current mechanism for the URL to specify a character
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set for the query.</i>
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<h3><a name=base>BASE</a></h3>
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<pre> <!ELEMENT BASE - O EMPTY>
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<!ATTLIST BASE
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href %URL #REQUIRED
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></pre>
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<p>The <samp>BASE</samp> element gives the base URL for dereferencing
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relative URLs, using the rules given by the URL specification, e.g.
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<pre> <BASE href="http://www.acme.com/intro.html">
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...
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<IMG SRC="icons/logo.gif"></pre>
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<p>The image is deferenced to
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<pre> http://www.acme.com/icons/logo.gif</pre>
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<p>In the absence of a <samp>BASE</samp> element the document URL should
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be used. Note that this is not necessarily the same as the URL used to
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request the document, as the base URL may be overridden by an HTTP
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header accompanying the document.
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<h3><a name=meta>META</a></h3>
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<pre>
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<!ELEMENT META - O EMPTY -- Generic Metainformation -->
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<!ATTLIST META
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http-equiv NAME #IMPLIED -- HTTP response header name --
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name NAME #IMPLIED -- metainformation name --
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content CDATA #REQUIRED -- associated information --
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>
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</pre>
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<p>The <samp>META</samp> element can be used to include name/value pairs
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describing properties of the document, such as author, expiry date,
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a list of key words etc. The <samp>NAME</samp> attribute specifies the
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property name while the <samp>CONTENT</samp> attribute specifies the
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property value, e.g.
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<pre> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Dave Raggett"></pre>
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<p>The <samp>HTTP-EQUIV</samp> attribute can be used in place of the
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<samp>NAME</samp> attribute and has a special significance when
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documents are retrieved via the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). HTTP
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servers may use the property name specified by the HTTP-EQUIV attribute
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to create an RFC 822 style header in the HTTP response. This can't be
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used to set certain HTTP headers though, see the HTTP specification for
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details.
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<pre> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="Tue, 20 Aug 1996 14:25:27 GMT"></pre>
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<p>will result in the HTTP header:
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<pre> Expires: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 14:25:27 GMT</pre>
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<p>This can be used by caches to determine when to fetch a fresh copy
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of the associated document.
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<h3><a name=link>LINK</a></h3>
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<p><samp>LINK</samp> provides a media independent method for defining
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relationships with other documents and resources. <samp>LINK</samp> has
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been part of HTML since the very early days, although few browsers as
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yet take advantage of it (most still ignore <samp>LINK</samp> elements).
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<p>LINK elements can be used <em>in principle</em>:
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<ol type="a">
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<li>for document specific navigation toolbars or menus
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<li>to control how collections of
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HTML files are rendered into printed documents
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<li>for linking associated resources such as
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style sheets and scripts
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<li>to provide alternative forms of the current document
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</ol>
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<pre>
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<!ELEMENT LINK - O EMPTY>
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<!ATTLIST LINK
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href %URL #IMPLIED -- URL for linked resource --
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rel CDATA #IMPLIED -- forward link types --
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rev CDATA #IMPLIED -- reverse link types --
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title CDATA #IMPLIED -- advisory title string --
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>
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</pre>
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<dl>
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<dt><b>href</b>
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<dd>Specifies a URL designating the linked resource.
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<dt><b>rel</b>
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<dd>The forward relationship also known as the "link type". It specifies
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a named relationship from the enclosing document to the resource
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specified by the <samp>HREF</samp> attribute. HTML link relationships
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are as yet unstandardized, although some conventions have been
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established.
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<dt><b>rev</b>
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<dd>This defines a reverse relationship. A link from document A to
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document B with <samp>REV=<em>relation</em></samp> expresses the same
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relationship as a link from B to A with <samp>REL=<em>relation</em></samp>.
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<samp>REV=made</samp> is sometimes used to identify the document author,
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either the author's email address with a mailto URL, or a link to the
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author's home page.
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<dt><b>title</b>
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<dd>An advisory title for the linked resource.
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</dl>
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<p>Here are some proposed relationship values:
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<dl>
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<dt><samp>rel=top</samp>
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<dd>The link references the top of a hierarchy, e.g.
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the first or cover page in a collection.
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<dt><samp>rel=contents</samp>
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<dd>The link references a document serving as a table of contents.
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<dt><samp>rel=index</samp>
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<dd>The link references a document providing an index
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for the current document.
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<dt><samp>rel=glossary</samp>
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<dd>The link references a document providing a glossary
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of terms that are relevant to the current document.
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<dt><samp>rel=copyright</samp>
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<dd>The link references a copyright statement for
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the current document.
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<dt><samp>rel=next</samp>
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<dd>The link references the next document to visit in a guided tour.
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It can be used, for example, to preload the next page.
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<dt><samp>rel=previous</samp>
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<dd>The link references the previous document in a guided tour.
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<dt><samp>rel=help</samp>
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<dd>The link references a document offering help, e.g. describing
|
|
the wider context and offering further links to relevant documents.
|
|
This is aimed at reorienting users who have lost their way.
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<dt><samp>rel=search</samp>
|
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<dd>The link references a page for searching material related
|
|
to a collection of pages
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|
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</dl>
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|
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<p>Example <samp>LINK</samp> elements:
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|
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<pre> <LINK REL=Contents HREF=toc.html>
|
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<LINK REL=Previous HREF=doc31.html>
|
|
<LINK REL=Next HREF=doc33.html>
|
|
|
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<LINK REL=Chapter REV=Contents HREF=chapter2.html></pre>
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<hr>
|
|
<h2><a name=body>The BODY element</a></h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>This contains the document body. Both start and end tags for
|
|
<samp>BODY</samp> may be omitted. The body can contain a wide range
|
|
of elements:
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|
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<ul>
|
|
<li><a href="#headings">Headings (H1 - H6)</a>
|
|
<li><a href="#address">The ADDRESS element</a>
|
|
<li><a href="#block">Block level Elements</a>
|
|
<li><a href="#textlevel">Text level elements</a>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
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<p>The key attributes are: <samp>BACKGROUND</samp>,
|
|
<samp>BGCOLOR</samp>, <samp>TEXT</samp>, <samp>LINK</samp>,
|
|
<samp>VLINK</samp> and <samp>ALINK</samp>. These can be used to set a
|
|
repeating background image, plus background and foreground colors for
|
|
normal text and hypertext links.
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|
|
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<pre><!ENTITY % body.content "(%heading | %text | %block | ADDRESS)*">
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|
|
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<!ENTITY % color "CDATA" -- a color specification: #HHHHHH @@ details? -->
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|
|
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<!ENTITY % body-color-attrs "
|
|
bgcolor %color #IMPLIED
|
|
text %color #IMPLIED
|
|
link %color #IMPLIED
|
|
vlink %color #IMPLIED
|
|
alink %color #IMPLIED
|
|
">
|
|
|
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<!ELEMENT BODY O O %body.content>
|
|
<!ATTLIST BODY
|
|
background %URL #IMPLIED -- texture tile for document background --
|
|
%body-color-attrs; -- bgcolor, text, link, vlink, alink --
|
|
></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Example:
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|
|
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<pre> <body bgcolor=white text=black link=red vlink=maroon alink=fuchsia></pre>
|
|
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|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>bgcolor</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies the background color for the document body.
|
|
See below for the syntax of color values.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>text</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies the color used to stroke the document's text.
|
|
This is generally used when you have changed the background
|
|
color with the <samp>BGCOLOR</samp> or <samp>BACKGROUND</samp> attributes.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>link</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies the color used to stroke the text for unvisited hypertext
|
|
links.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>vlink</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies the color used to stroke the text for visited hypertext
|
|
links.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>alink</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies the highlight color used to stroke the text for hypertext
|
|
links at the moment the user clicks on the link.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>background</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies a URL for an image that will be used to tile the document
|
|
background.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p><a name=colors>Colors</a> are given in the <a href="#refs">sRGB</a>
|
|
color space as hexadecimal numbers (e.g. <samp>COLOR="#C0FFC0"</samp>),
|
|
or as one of 16 widely understood color names. These colors were
|
|
originally picked as being the standard 16 colors supported with the
|
|
Windows VGA palette.</p>
|
|
|
|
<table align=center width="80%" border=0 cellspacing=10 cellpadding=0>
|
|
<caption><b>Color names and sRGB values</b><br></caption>
|
|
<tr><td width=16><img src="images/black.gif"><td>Black = "#000000"
|
|
<td width=16><img src="images/green.gif"><td>Green = "#008000"<br></tr>
|
|
<tr><td width=16><img src="images/silver.gif"><td>Silver = "#C0C0C0"
|
|
<td width=16><img src="images/lime.gif"><td>Lime = "#00FF00"<br></tr>
|
|
<tr><td width=16><img src="images/gray.gif"><td>Gray = "#808080"
|
|
<td width=16><img src="images/olive.gif"><td>Olive = "#808000"<br></tr>
|
|
<tr><td width=16><img src="images/white.gif"><td>White = "#FFFFFF"
|
|
<td width=16><img src="images/yellow.gif"><td>Yellow = "#FFFF00"<br></tr>
|
|
<tr><td width=16><img src="images/maroon.gif"><td>Maroon = "#800000"
|
|
<td width=16><img src="images/navy.gif"><td>Navy = "#000080"<br></tr>
|
|
<tr><td width=16><img src="images/red.gif"><td>Red = "#FF0000"
|
|
<td width=16><img src="images/blue.gif"><td>Blue = "#0000FF"<br></tr>
|
|
<tr><td width=16><img src="images/purple.gif"><td>Purple = "#800080"
|
|
<td width=16><img src="images/teal.gif"><td>Teal = "#008080"<br></tr>
|
|
<tr><td width=16><img src="images/fuchsia.gif"><td>Fuchsia = "#FF00FF"
|
|
<td width=16><img src="images/aqua.gif"><td>Aqua = "#00FFFF"<br></tr>
|
|
</table>
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=level>Block and Text level elements</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>Most elements that can appear in the document body fall into one of
|
|
two groups: block level elements which cause paragraph breaks, and text
|
|
level elements which don't. Common block level elements include
|
|
<samp>H1</samp> to <samp>H6</samp> (headers), <samp>P</samp>
|
|
(paragraphs) <samp>LI</samp> (list items), and <samp>HR</samp>
|
|
(horizontal rules). Common text level elements include <samp>EM</samp>,
|
|
<samp>I</samp>, <samp>B</samp> and <samp>FONT</samp> (character
|
|
emphasis), <samp>A</samp> (hypertext links), <samp>IMG</samp> and
|
|
<samp>APPLET</samp> (embedded objects) and <samp>BR</samp> (line
|
|
breaks). Note that block elements generally act as containers for text
|
|
level and other block level elements (excluding headings and address
|
|
elements), while text level elements can only contain other text level
|
|
elements. The exact model depends on the element.
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=headings>Headings</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!--
|
|
There are six levels of headers from H1 (the most important)
|
|
to H6 (the least important).
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT ( %heading ) - - (%text;)*>
|
|
<!ATTLIST ( %heading )
|
|
align (left|center|right) #IMPLIED
|
|
>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p><samp>H1</samp>, <samp>H2</samp>, <samp>H3</samp>, <samp>H4</samp>,
|
|
<samp>H5</samp> and <samp>H6</samp> are used for document headings. You
|
|
always need the start and end tags. <samp>H1</samp> elements are more
|
|
important than <samp>H2</samp> elements and so on, so that
|
|
<samp>H6</samp> elements define the least important level of headings.
|
|
More important headings are generally rendered in a larger font than
|
|
less important ones. Use the optional <samp>ALIGN</samp> attribute to
|
|
set the text alignment within a heading, e.g.
|
|
|
|
<pre> <H1 ALIGN=CENTER> <i>... centered heading ...</i> </H1></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>The default is left alignment, but this can be overridden by an
|
|
enclosing <a href="#div"><samp>DIV</samp></a> or <a
|
|
href="#center"><samp>CENTER</samp></a> element.
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=address>ADDRESS</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<pre> <!ENTITY % address.content "((%text;) | P)*">
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT ADDRESS - - %address.content></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>ADDRESS</samp> element requires start and end tags, and
|
|
specifies information such as authorship and contact details for the
|
|
current document. User agents should render the content with
|
|
paragraph-breaks before and after. Note that the content is restricted
|
|
to paragraphs, plain text and text-like elements as defined by the %text
|
|
entity.
|
|
|
|
<P>Example:
|
|
|
|
<PRE><ADDRESS>
|
|
Newsletter editor<BR>
|
|
J.R. Brown<BR>
|
|
8723 Buena Vista, Smallville, CT 01234<BR>
|
|
Tel: +1 (123) 456 7890
|
|
</ADDRESS></PRE>
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=block>Block elements</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b><a href="#para">P</a></b> <i>paragraphs</i>
|
|
<dd>The paragraph element requires a start tag, but the end tag can
|
|
always be omitted. Use the <samp>ALIGN</samp> attribute to set the text
|
|
alignment within a paragraph, e.g. <samp><P ALIGN=RIGHT></samp>
|
|
|
|
<dt><b><a href="#ul">UL</a></b> <i>unordered lists</i>
|
|
<dd>These require start and end tags, and contain one or more
|
|
<samp>LI</samp> elements representing individual list items.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b><a href="#ol">OL</a></b> <i>ordered (i.e. numbered) lists</i>
|
|
<dd>These require start and end tags, and contain one or more
|
|
<samp>LI</samp> elements representing individual list items.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b><a href="#dl">DL</a></b> <i>definition lists</i>
|
|
<dd>These require start and end tags and contain <samp>DT</samp>
|
|
elements that give the terms, and <samp>DD</samp> elements that give
|
|
corresponding definitions.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b><a href="#pre">PRE</a></b> <i>preformatted text</i>
|
|
<dd>Requires start and end tags. These elements are rendered with a
|
|
monospaced font and preserve layout defined by whitespace and line
|
|
break characters.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b><a href="#div">DIV</a></b> <i>document divisions</i>
|
|
<dd>Requires start and end tags. It is used with the <samp>ALIGN</samp>
|
|
attribute to set the text alignment of the block elements it contains.
|
|
<samp>ALIGN</samp> can be one of <samp>LEFT</samp>, <samp>CENTER</samp>
|
|
or <samp>RIGHT</samp>.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b><a href="#center">CENTER</a></B> <i>text alignment</i>
|
|
<dd>Requires start and end tags. It is used to center text lines
|
|
enclosed by the <samp>CENTER</samp> element. See <samp>DIV</samp>
|
|
for a more general solution.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b><a href="#bq">BLOCKQUOTE</a></b> <i>quoted passage</i>
|
|
<dd>Requires start and end tags. It is used to enclose extended
|
|
quotations and is typically rendered with indented margins.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b><a href="#form">FORM</a></b> <i>fill-out forms</i>
|
|
<dd>Requires start and end tags. This element is used to define
|
|
a fill-out form for processing by HTTP servers. The attributes
|
|
are <samp>ACTION</samp>, <samp>METHOD</samp> and <samp>ENCTYPE</samp>.
|
|
Form elements can't be nested.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b><a href="#isindex">ISINDEX</a></b> <i>primitive HTML forms</i>
|
|
<dd>Not a container, so the end tag is forbidden. This predates
|
|
<samp>FORM</samp> and is used for simple kinds of forms which have a
|
|
single text input field, implied by this element. A single
|
|
<samp>ISINDEX</samp> can appear in the document head or body.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b><a href="#hr">HR</a></b> <i>horizontal rules</i>
|
|
<dd>Not a container, so the end tag is forbidden. attributes are
|
|
<samp>ALIGN</samp>, <samp>NOSHADE</samp>, <samp>SIZE</samp> and
|
|
<samp>WIDTH</samp>.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b><a href="#table">TABLE</a></b> <i>can be nested</i>
|
|
<dd>Requires start and end tags. Each table starts with an optional
|
|
<samp>CAPTION</samp> followed by one or more <samp>TR</samp> elements
|
|
defining table rows. Each row has one or more cells defined by
|
|
<samp>TH</samp> or <samp>TD</samp> elements. attributes for
|
|
<samp>TABLE</samp> elements are <samp>WIDTH</samp>, <samp>BORDER</samp>,
|
|
<samp>CELLSPACING</samp> and <samp>CELLPADDING</samp>.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<hr>
|
|
<h3><a name=para>Paragraphs</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<pre> <!ELEMENT P - O (%text)*>
|
|
<!ATTLIST P
|
|
align (left|center|right) #IMPLIED
|
|
></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>P</samp> element is used to markup paragraphs. It is a
|
|
container and requires a start tag. The end tag is optional as it can
|
|
always be inferred by the parser. User agents should place paragraph
|
|
breaks before and after <samp>P</samp> elements. The rendering is user
|
|
agent dependent, but text is generally wrapped to fit the space
|
|
available.
|
|
|
|
<p>Example:
|
|
|
|
<pre> <P>This is the first paragraph.
|
|
<P>This is the second paragraph.</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Paragraphs are usually rendered flush left with a ragged right
|
|
margin. The <samp>ALIGN</samp> attribute can be used to explicitly
|
|
specify the horizontal alignment:
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><samp>align=left</samp><dd>The paragraph is rendered flush left.
|
|
<dt><samp>align=center</samp><dd>The paragraph is centered.
|
|
<dt><samp>align=right</samp><dd>The paragraph is rendered flush right.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p>For example:
|
|
|
|
<PRE><p align=center>This is a centered paragraph.
|
|
<p align=right>and this is a flush right paragraph.</PRE>
|
|
|
|
<p>The default is left alignment, but this can be overridden by an
|
|
enclosing <a href="#div"><samp>DIV</samp></a> or
|
|
<a href="#center"><samp>CENTER</samp></a> element.
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=lists>Lists</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>List items can contain block and text level items, including
|
|
nested lists, although headings and address elements are excluded.
|
|
This limitation is defined via the %flow entity.
|
|
|
|
<h4><a name=ul>Unordered Lists</a></h4>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!ELEMENT UL - - (LI)+>
|
|
<!ENTITY % ULStyle "disc|square|circle">
|
|
|
|
<!ATTLIST UL -- unordered lists --
|
|
type (%ULStyle) #IMPLIED -- bullet style --
|
|
compact (compact) #IMPLIED -- reduced interitem spacing --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT LI - O %flow -- list item -->
|
|
<!ATTLIST LI
|
|
type (%LIStyle) #IMPLIED -- list item style --
|
|
>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Unordered lists take the form:
|
|
|
|
<pre> <UL>
|
|
<LI> <i>... first list item</i>
|
|
<LI> <i>... second list item</i>
|
|
...
|
|
</UL></pre>
|
|
|
|
<P>The <samp>UL</samp> element is used for unordered lists. Both start
|
|
and end tags are always needed. The <samp>LI</samp> element is used for
|
|
individual list items. The end tag for <samp>LI</samp> elements can
|
|
always be omitted. Note that <samp>LI</samp> elements can contain nested
|
|
lists. The <samp>COMPACT</samp> attribute can be used as a hint to the
|
|
user agent to render lists in a more compact style.
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>TYPE</samp> attribute can be used to set the bullet style
|
|
on <samp>UL</samp> and <samp>LI</samp> elements. The permitted values
|
|
are "disc", "square" or "circle". The default generally depends on the
|
|
level of nesting for lists.
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li type=disc>with <samp><li type=disc></samp>
|
|
<li type=square>with <samp><li type=square></samp>
|
|
<li type=circle>with <samp><li type=circle></samp>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<p><i>This list was chosen to cater for the original bullet shapes used by
|
|
Mosaic in 1993.</i>
|
|
|
|
<h4><a name=ol>Ordered (i.e. numbered) Lists</a></h4>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!ELEMENT OL - - (LI)+>
|
|
<!ATTLIST OL -- ordered lists --
|
|
type CDATA #IMPLIED -- numbering style --
|
|
start NUMBER #IMPLIED -- starting sequence number --
|
|
compact (compact) #IMPLIED -- reduced interitem spacing --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT LI - O %flow -- list item -->
|
|
<!ATTLIST LI
|
|
type CDATA #IMPLIED -- list item style --
|
|
value NUMBER #IMPLIED -- set sequence number --
|
|
>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Ordered (i.e. numbered) lists take the form:</p>
|
|
|
|
<pre> <OL>
|
|
<LI> <i>... first list item</i>
|
|
<LI> <i>... second list item</i>
|
|
...
|
|
</OL></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>OL</samp> <samp>START</samp> attribute can be used to
|
|
initialize the sequence number (by default it is initialized to 1).
|
|
You can set it later on with the <samp>VALUE</samp> attribute on
|
|
<samp>LI</samp> elements. Both of these attributes expect integer
|
|
values. You can't indicate that numbering should be continued from a
|
|
previous list, or to skip missing values without giving an explicit
|
|
number.
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>COMPACT</samp> attribute can be used as a hint to the user
|
|
agent to render lists in a more compact style. The <samp>OL</samp>
|
|
<samp>TYPE</samp> attribute allows you to set the numbering style for
|
|
list items:</p>
|
|
|
|
<table border=1 width="80%" align=center>
|
|
<tr><th>Type <th colspan=2>Numbering style<br></tr>
|
|
<tr><td align=center>1 <td align=center>Arabic numbers<td align=center>1, 2, 3, ...<br></tr>
|
|
<tr><td align=center>a <td align=center>lower alpha<td align=center>a, b, c, ...<br></tr>
|
|
<tr><td align=center>A <td align=center>upper alpha<td align=center>A, B, C, ...<br></tr>
|
|
<tr><td align=center>i <td align=center>lower roman<td align=center>i, ii, iii, ...<br></tr>
|
|
<tr><td align=center>I <td align=center>upper roman<td align=center>I, II, III, ...<br></tr>
|
|
</table>
|
|
|
|
<h4><a name=dl>Definition Lists</a></h4>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!-- definition lists - DT for term, DD for its definition -->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT DL - - (DT|DD)+>
|
|
<!ATTLIST DL
|
|
compact (compact) #IMPLIED -- more compact style --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT DT - O (%text)*>
|
|
<!ELEMENT DD - O %flow;>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Definition lists take the form:
|
|
|
|
<pre> <DL>
|
|
<DT> <i>term name</i>
|
|
<DD> <i>term definition</i>
|
|
...
|
|
</DL></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p><samp>DT</samp> elements can only act as containers for text level
|
|
elements, while <samp>DD</samp> elements can hold block level elements
|
|
as well, excluding headings and address elements.
|
|
|
|
<p>For example:
|
|
|
|
<PRE><DL>
|
|
<DT>Term 1<dd>This is the definition of the first term.
|
|
<DT>Term 2<dd>This is the definition of the second term.
|
|
</DL></PRE>
|
|
|
|
<P>which could be rendered as:
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt>Term 1<dd>This is the definition of the first term.
|
|
<dt>Term 2<dd>This is the definition of the second term.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>COMPACT</samp> attribute can be used with the
|
|
<samp>DL</samp> element as a hint to the user agent to render
|
|
lists in a more compact style.
|
|
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<h4><a name=dir>DIR</a> and <a name=menu>MENU</a></h4>
|
|
|
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<pre><!ELEMENT (DIR|MENU) - - (LI)+ -(%block)>
|
|
<!ATTLIST (DIR|MENU)
|
|
compact (compact) #IMPLIED
|
|
></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>These elements have been part of HTML from the early days. They are
|
|
intended for unordered lists similar to <samp>UL</samp> elements. User
|
|
agents are recommended to render <samp>DIR</samp> elements as
|
|
multicolumn directory lists, and <samp>MENU</samp> elements as single
|
|
column menu lists. In practice, Mosaic and most other user agents
|
|
have ignored this advice and instead render <samp>DIR</samp> and
|
|
<samp>MENU</samp> in an identical way to <samp>UL</samp> elements.
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=pre>Preformatted Text</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<pre><!ELEMENT PRE - - (%text)* -(%pre.exclusion)>
|
|
<!ATTLIST PRE
|
|
width NUMBER #implied
|
|
></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>PRE</samp> element can be used to include preformatted
|
|
text. User agents render this in a fixed pitch font, preserving spacing
|
|
associated with white space characters such as space and newline
|
|
characters. Automatic word-wrap should be disabled within
|
|
<samp>PRE</samp> elements.
|
|
|
|
<p>Note that the SGML standard requires that the parser
|
|
remove a newline immediately following the start tag
|
|
or immediately preceding the end tag.
|
|
|
|
<p><samp>PRE</samp> has the same content model as paragraphs,
|
|
excluding images and elements that produce changes in font size,
|
|
e.g. <samp>IMG</samp>, <samp>BIG</samp>, <samp>SMALL</samp>,
|
|
<samp>SUB</samp>, <samp>SUP</samp> and <samp>FONT</samp>.
|
|
|
|
<p>A few user agents support the <samp>WIDTH</samp> attribute. It
|
|
provides a hint to the user agent of the required width in characters.
|
|
The user agent can use this to select an appropriate font size or to
|
|
indent the content appropriately.
|
|
|
|
<p>Here is an example of a <samp>PRE</samp> element; a verse from
|
|
Shelley (To a Skylark):
|
|
|
|
<pre><PRE>
|
|
Higher still and higher
|
|
From the earth thou springest
|
|
Like a cloud of fire;
|
|
The blue deep thou wingest,
|
|
And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
|
|
</PRE></PRE>
|
|
|
|
which is rendered as:
|
|
|
|
<pre> Higher still and higher
|
|
From the earth thou springest
|
|
Like a cloud of fire;
|
|
The blue deep thou wingest,
|
|
And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.</PRE>
|
|
|
|
<p>The horizontal tab character (encoded in Unicode, US ASCII and
|
|
ISO 8859-1 as decimal 9) should be interpreted as the smallest
|
|
non-zero number of spaces which will leave the number of characters
|
|
so far on the line as a multiple of 8. Its use is strongly discouraged
|
|
since it is common practice when editing to set the tab-spacing to other
|
|
values, leading to misaligned documents.
|
|
|
|
<h4><a name=xmp>XMP</a>, <a name=listing>LISTING</a> and
|
|
<a name=plaintext>PLAINTEXT</a></h4>
|
|
|
|
<pre><![ %HTML.Deprecated [
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % literal "CDATA"
|
|
-- historical, non-conforming parsing mode where
|
|
the only markup signal is the end tag
|
|
in full
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT (XMP|LISTING) - - %literal>
|
|
<!ELEMENT PLAINTEXT - O %literal>
|
|
|
|
]]></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>These are obsolete tags for preformatted text that predate the
|
|
introduction of <a href="#pre">PRE</a>. User agents may support these
|
|
for backwards compatibility. Authors should avoid using them in new
|
|
documents!
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=div>DIV</a> and <a name=center>CENTER</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<pre><!ELEMENT DIV - - %body.content>
|
|
<!ATTLIST DIV
|
|
align (left|center|right) #IMPLIED -- alignment of following text --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!-- CENTER is a shorthand for DIV with ALIGN=CENTER -->
|
|
<!ELEMENT center - - %body.content></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p><samp>DIV</samp> elements can be used to structure HTML documents as
|
|
a hierarchy of divisions. The <samp>ALIGN</samp> attribute can be used
|
|
to set the default horizontal alignment for elements within the content
|
|
of the <samp>DIV</samp> element. Its value is restricted to
|
|
<samp>LEFT</samp>, <samp>CENTER</samp> or <samp>RIGHT</samp>, and is
|
|
defined in the same way as for the paragraph element
|
|
<samp><P></samp>.
|
|
|
|
<p>Note that because <samp>DIV</samp> is a block-like element it will
|
|
terminate an open <samp>P</samp> element. Other than this, user agents
|
|
are <b>not</b> expected to render paragraph breaks before and after
|
|
<samp>DIV</samp> elements. <samp>CENTER</samp> is directly equivalent
|
|
to <samp>DIV</samp> with <samp>ALIGN=CENTER</samp>. Both
|
|
<samp>DIV</samp> and <samp>CENTER</samp> require start and end tags.
|
|
|
|
<p><i><samp>CENTER</samp> was introduced by Netscape before they added
|
|
support for the HTML 3.0 <samp>DIV</samp> element. It is retained in
|
|
HTML 3.2 on account of its widespread deployment.</i>
|
|
|
|
<h3><b><a name=bq>BLOCKQUOTE</a></b></h3>
|
|
|
|
<pre><!ELEMENT BLOCKQUOTE - - %body.content></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>This is used to enclose block quotations from other works.
|
|
Both the start and end tags are required. It is often rendered
|
|
indented, e.g.
|
|
|
|
<blockquote>
|
|
They went in single file, running like hounds on a strong scent,
|
|
and an eager light was in their eyes. Nearly due west the broad
|
|
swath of the marching Orcs tramped its ugly slot; the sweet grass
|
|
of Rohan had been bruised and blackened as they passed.
|
|
</blockquote>
|
|
|
|
<p align=right><em>from "The Two Towers" by J.R.R. Tolkien.</em>
|
|
|
|
<h3><b><a name=form>FORM</a></b></h3>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!ENTITY % HTTP-Method "GET | POST"
|
|
-- as per HTTP specification
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT FORM - - %body.content -(FORM)>
|
|
<!ATTLIST FORM
|
|
action %URL #IMPLIED -- server-side form handler --
|
|
method (%HTTP-Method) GET -- see HTTP specification --
|
|
enctype %Content-Type; "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
|
|
></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>This is used to define an HTML form, and you can have more than one form
|
|
in the same document. Both the start and end tags are required. For very
|
|
simple forms, you can also use the <a href="#isindex"><samp>ISINDEX</samp></a>
|
|
element. Forms can contain a wide range of HTML markup including several
|
|
kinds of <a href="#fields">form fields</a> such as single and multi-line
|
|
text fields, radio button groups, checkboxes, and menus.
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>action</b>
|
|
<dd>This specifies a URL which is either used to post forms via email,
|
|
e.g. <samp>action="mailto:foo@bar.com"</samp>, or used to invoke a
|
|
server-side forms handler via HTTP, e.g.
|
|
<samp>action="http://www.acme.com/cgi-bin/register.pl"</samp>
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>method</b>
|
|
<dd>When the action attribute specifies an HTTP server, the method
|
|
attribute determines which HTTP method will be used to send the form's
|
|
contents to the server. It can be either <samp>GET</samp> or
|
|
<samp>POST</samp>, and defaults to <samp>GET</samp>.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>enctype</b>
|
|
<dd>This determines the mechanism used to encode the form's contents.
|
|
It defaults to <em>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</em>.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p>Further details on handling forms are given in RFC 1867.
|
|
|
|
<h3><b><a name=hr>HR</a></b> <i>- horizontal rules</i></h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>Horizontal rules may be used to indicate a change in topic.
|
|
In a speech based user agent, the rule could be rendered as a pause.
|
|
|
|
<pre><!ELEMENT HR - O EMPTY>
|
|
<!ATTLIST HR
|
|
align (left|right|center) #IMPLIED
|
|
noshade (noshade) #IMPLIED
|
|
size %Pixels #IMPLIED
|
|
width %Length #IMPLIED
|
|
></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p><samp>HR</samp> elements are not containers so the end tag is forbidden.
|
|
The attributes are: <samp>ALIGN</samp>, <samp>NOSHADE</samp>,
|
|
<samp>SIZE</samp> and <samp>WIDTH</samp>.
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>align</b>
|
|
<dd>This determines whether the rule is placed at the left, center
|
|
or right of the space between the current left and right margins
|
|
for <samp>align=left</samp>, <samp>align=center</samp> or
|
|
<samp>align=right</samp> respectively. By default, the rule is centered.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>noshade</b>
|
|
<dd>This attribute requests the user agent to render the rule in a
|
|
solid color rather than as the traditional two colour "groove".
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>size</b>
|
|
<dd>This can be used to set the height of the rule in pixels.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>width</b>
|
|
<dd>This can be used to set the width of the rule in
|
|
pixels (e.g. <samp>width=100</samp>) or as the percentage between the
|
|
current left and right margins (e.g. <samp>width="50%"</samp>). The
|
|
default is 100%. </dl>
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=table>Tables</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>HTML 3.2 includes a widely deployed subset of the specification
|
|
given in <a href="#refs">RFC 1942</a> and can be used to
|
|
markup tabular material or for layout purposes. Note that the latter
|
|
role typically causes problems when rending to speech or to text
|
|
only user agents.
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!-- horizontal placement of table relative to window -->
|
|
<!ENTITY % Where "(left|center|right)">
|
|
|
|
<!-- horizontal alignment attributes for cell contents -->
|
|
<!ENTITY % cell.halign
|
|
"align (left|center|right) #IMPLIED"
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!-- vertical alignment attributes for cell contents -->
|
|
<!ENTITY % cell.valign
|
|
"valign (top|middle|bottom) #IMPLIED"
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT table - - (caption?, tr+)>
|
|
<!ELEMENT tr - O (th|td)*>
|
|
<!ELEMENT (th|td) - O %body.content>
|
|
|
|
<!ATTLIST table -- table element --
|
|
align %Where; #IMPLIED -- table position relative to window --
|
|
width %Length #IMPLIED -- table width relative to window --
|
|
border %Pixels #IMPLIED -- controls frame width around table --
|
|
cellspacing %Pixels #IMPLIED -- spacing between cells --
|
|
cellpadding %Pixels #IMPLIED -- spacing within cells --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT CAPTION - - (%text;)* -- table or figure caption -->
|
|
<!ATTLIST CAPTION
|
|
align (top|bottom) #IMPLIED
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ATTLIST tr -- table row --
|
|
%cell.halign; -- horizontal alignment in cells --
|
|
%cell.valign; -- vertical alignment in cells --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ATTLIST (th|td) -- header or data cell --
|
|
nowrap (nowrap) #IMPLIED -- suppress word wrap --
|
|
rowspan NUMBER 1 -- number of rows spanned by cell --
|
|
colspan NUMBER 1 -- number of cols spanned by cell --
|
|
%cell.halign; -- horizontal alignment in cells --
|
|
%cell.valign; -- vertical alignment in cells --
|
|
width %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested width for cell --
|
|
height %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested height for cell --
|
|
>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Tables take the general form:
|
|
|
|
<pre> <TABLE BORDER=3 CELLSPACING=2 CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="80%">
|
|
<CAPTION><i> ... table caption ...</i> </CAPTION>
|
|
<TR><TD> <i>first cell</i> <TD> <i>second cell</i>
|
|
<TR> ...
|
|
...
|
|
</TABLE></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>The attributes on <samp>TABLE</samp> are all optional. By default,
|
|
the table is rendered without a surrounding border. The table is
|
|
generally sized automatically to fit the contents, but you can also set
|
|
the table width using the <samp>WIDTH</samp> attribute.
|
|
<samp>BORDER</samp>, <samp>CELLSPACING</samp> and
|
|
<samp>CELLPADDING</samp> provide further control over the table's
|
|
appearence. Captions are rendered at the top or bottom of the table
|
|
depending on the <samp>ALIGN</samp> attribute.
|
|
|
|
<p>Each table row is contained in a <samp>TR</samp> element, although
|
|
the end tag can always be omitted. Table cells are defined by
|
|
<samp>TD</samp> elements for data and <samp>TH</samp> elements for
|
|
headers. Like <samp>TR</samp>, these are containers and can be given
|
|
without trailing end tags. <samp>TH</samp> and <samp>TD</samp> support
|
|
several attributes: <samp>ALIGN</samp> and <samp>VALIGN</samp> for
|
|
aligning cell content, <samp>ROWSPAN</samp> and <samp>COLSPAN</samp> for
|
|
cells which span more than one row or column. A cell can contain a wide
|
|
variety of other block and text level elements including form fields and
|
|
other tables.
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>TABLE</samp> element always requires both start and end tags.
|
|
It supports the following attributes:
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>align</b>
|
|
<dd>This takes one of the case insensitive values: <samp>LEFT</samp>,
|
|
<samp>CENTER</samp> or <samp>RIGHT</samp>. It specifies the horizontal
|
|
placement of the table relative to the current left and right margins.
|
|
It defaults to left alignment, but this can be overridden by an
|
|
enclosing <a href="#div"><samp>DIV</samp></a> or
|
|
<a href="#center"><samp>CENTER</samp></a> element.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>width</b>
|
|
<dd>In the absence of this attribute the table width is automatically
|
|
determined from the table contents. You can use the <samp>WIDTH</samp>
|
|
attribute to set the table width to a fixed value in pixels (e.g.
|
|
<samp>WIDTH=212</samp>) or as a percentage of the space between the
|
|
current left and right margins (e.g. <samp>WIDTH="80%"</samp>).
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>border</b>
|
|
<dd>This attribute can be used to specify the width of the outer border
|
|
around the table to a given number of pixels (e.g.
|
|
<samp>BORDER=4</samp>). The value can be set to zero to suppress the
|
|
border altogether. In the absence of this attribute the border should be
|
|
suppressed. Note that some browsers also accept <samp><TABLE
|
|
BORDER></samp> with the same semantics as <samp>BORDER=1</samp>.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>cellspacing</b>
|
|
<dd>In traditional desktop publishing software, adjacent table cells
|
|
share a common border. This is not the case in HTML. Each cell is given
|
|
its own border which is separated from the borders around neighboring
|
|
cells. This separation can be set in pixels using the
|
|
<samp>CELLSPACING</samp> attribute, (e.g. <samp>CELLSPACING=10</samp>).
|
|
The same value also determines the separation between the table border
|
|
and the borders of the outermost cells.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>cellpadding</b>
|
|
<dd>This sets the padding in pixels between the border around each cell
|
|
and the cell's contents.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>CAPTION</samp> element has one attribute <samp>ALIGN</samp>
|
|
which can be either <samp>ALIGN=TOP</samp> or <samp>ALIGN=BOTTOM</samp>.
|
|
This can be used to force the caption to be placed above the top or
|
|
below the bottom of the table respectively. Most user agents default to
|
|
placing the caption above the table. <samp>CAPTION</samp> always
|
|
requires both start and end tags. Captions are limited to plain text and
|
|
text-level elements as defined by the %text entity. Block level elements
|
|
are not permitted.
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>TR</samp> or table row element requires a start tag, but
|
|
the end tag can always be left out. <samp>TR</samp> acts as a container
|
|
for table cells. It has two attributes:
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>align</b>
|
|
<dd>Sets the default horizontal alignment of cell contents. It takes
|
|
one of the case insensitive values: <samp>LEFT</samp>, <samp>CENTER</samp>
|
|
or <samp>RIGHT</samp> and plays the same role as the <samp>ALIGN</samp>
|
|
attribute on paragraph elements.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>valign</b>
|
|
<dd>This can be used to set the default vertical alignment of cell
|
|
contents within each cell. It takes one of the case insensitive values:
|
|
<samp>TOP</samp>, <samp>MIDDLE</samp> or <samp>BOTTOM</samp> to position
|
|
the cell contents at the top, middle or bottom of the cell respectively.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p>There are two elements for defining table cells. <samp>TH</samp> is
|
|
used for header cells and <samp>TD</samp> for data cells. This
|
|
distinction allows user agents to render header and data cells in
|
|
different fonts, and enables speech based browsers to do a better job.
|
|
The start tags for <samp>TH</samp> and <samp>TD</samp> are always needed
|
|
but the end tags can be left out. Table cells can have the following
|
|
attributes:
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>nowrap</b>
|
|
<dd>The presence of this attribute disables automatic word wrap
|
|
within the contents of this cell (e.g. <samp><TD NOWRAP></samp>).
|
|
This is equivalent to using the <samp>&nbsp;</samp> entity for
|
|
non-breaking spaces within the content of the cell.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>rowspan</b>
|
|
<dd>This takes a positive integer value specifying the number of
|
|
rows spanned by this cell. It defaults to one.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>colspan</b>
|
|
<dd>This takes a positive integer value specifying the number of
|
|
columns spanned by this cell. It defaults to one.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>align</b> <dd>Specifies the default horizontal alignment of cell
|
|
contents, and overrides the <samp>ALIGN</samp> attribute on the table
|
|
row. It takes the same values: <samp>LEFT</samp>, <samp>CENTER</samp>
|
|
and <samp>RIGHT</samp>. If you don't specify an <samp>ALIGN</samp>
|
|
attribute value on the cell, the default is left alignment for
|
|
<samp><td></samp> and center alignment for <samp><th></samp>
|
|
although you can override this with an <samp>ALIGN</samp> attribute on
|
|
the <samp>TR</samp> element.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>valign</b> <dd>Specifies the default vertical alignment of cell
|
|
contents, overriding the <samp>VALIGN</samp> attribute on the table row.
|
|
It takes the same values: <samp>TOP</samp>, <samp>MIDDLE</samp> and
|
|
<samp>BOTTOM</samp>. If you don't specify a VALIGN attribute value on
|
|
the cell, the default is middle although you can override this with a
|
|
<samp>VALIGN</samp> attribute on the <samp>TR</samp> element.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>width</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies the suggested width for a cell content in pixels
|
|
excluding the cell padding. This value will normally be
|
|
used except when it conflicts with the width requirements
|
|
for other cells in the same column.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>height</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies the suggested height for a cell content in pixels
|
|
excluding the cell padding. This value will normally be
|
|
used except when it conflicts with the height requirements
|
|
for other cells in the same row.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p>Tables are commonly rendered in bas-relief, raised up with the outer
|
|
border as a bevel, and individual cells inset into this raised surface.
|
|
Borders around individual cells are only drawn if the cell has explicit
|
|
content. White space doesn't count for this purpose with the exception
|
|
of &nbsp;.
|
|
|
|
<p>The algorithms used to automatically size tables should take
|
|
into account the minimum and maximum width requirements for each
|
|
cell. This is used to determine the minimum and maximum width
|
|
requirements for each column and hence for the table itself.
|
|
|
|
<p>Cells spanning more than one column contribute to the
|
|
widths of each of the columns spanned. One approach is to evenly
|
|
apportion the cell's minimum and maximum width between these
|
|
columns, another is to weight the apportioning according to the
|
|
contributions from cells that don't span multiple columns.
|
|
|
|
<p>For some user agents it may be necessary or desirable to break
|
|
text lines within words. In such cases a visual indication that this
|
|
has occurred is advised.
|
|
|
|
<p>The minimum and maximum width of nested tables contribute to the
|
|
minimum and maximum width of the cell in which they occur. Once the
|
|
width requirements are known for the top level table, the column widths
|
|
for that table can be assigned. This allows the widths of nested tables
|
|
to be assigned and hence in turn the column widths of such tables.
|
|
If practical, all columns should be assigned at least their minimum
|
|
widths. It is suggested that any surplus space is then shared out
|
|
proportional to the difference between the minimum and maximum width
|
|
requirements of each column.
|
|
|
|
<p>Note that pixel values for width and height refer to screen pixels, and
|
|
should be multiplied by an appropriate factor when rendering to very high
|
|
resolution devices such as laser printers. For instance if a user agent has
|
|
a display with 75 pixels per inch and is rendering to a laser printer with
|
|
600 dots per inch, then the pixel values given in HTML attributes should be
|
|
multiplied by a factor of 8.
|
|
|
|
<hr>
|
|
<h2><a name=textlevel>Text level elements</a></h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>These don't cause paragraph breaks. Text level elements
|
|
that define character styles can generally be nested. They can
|
|
contain other text level elements but not block level elements.
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><a href="#font-style">Font style elements</a>
|
|
<li><a href="#phrase">Phrase elements</a>
|
|
<li><a href="#fields">Form Fields</a>
|
|
<li><a href="#anchor">The A (anchor) element</a>
|
|
<li><a href="#img">IMG - inline images</a>
|
|
<li><a href="#applet">APPLET <em>(Java Applets)</em></a>
|
|
<li><a href="#font">FONT elements</a>
|
|
<li><a href="#basefont">BASEFONT elements</a>
|
|
<li><a href="#br">BR - line breaks</a>
|
|
<li><a href="#map">MAP - client-side image maps</a>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=font-style>Font style elements</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>These all require start and end tags, e.g.
|
|
|
|
<pre> This has some <B>bold text</B>.</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Text level elements must be properly nested - the following
|
|
is in error:
|
|
|
|
<pre> This has some <B>bold and <I></B>italic text</I>.</pre>
|
|
|
|
User agents should do their best to respect nested emphasis, e.g.
|
|
|
|
<pre> This has some <B>bold and <I>italic text</I></B>.</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Where the available fonts are restricted or for speech output, alternative
|
|
means should be used for rendering differences in emphasis.
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>TT</b> teletype or monospaced text
|
|
<dt><b>I</b> italic text style
|
|
<dt><b>B</b> bold text style
|
|
<dt><b>U</b> underlined text style
|
|
<dt><b>STRIKE</b> strike-through text style
|
|
<dt><b>BIG</b> places text in a large font
|
|
<dt><b>SMALL</b> places text in a small font
|
|
<dt><b>SUB</b> places text in subscript style
|
|
<dt><b>SUP</b> places text in superscript style
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<P><i>Note: future revisions to HTML may be phase out STRIKE
|
|
in favor of the more concise "S" tag from HTML 3.0.</i>
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=phrase>Phrase Elements</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<p>These all require start and end tags, e.g.
|
|
|
|
<pre> This has some <EM>emphasized text</EM>.</pre>
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>EM</b> basic emphasis typically rendered in an italic font
|
|
<dt><b>STRONG</b> strong emphasis typically rendered in a bold font
|
|
<dt><b>DFN</b> defining instance of the enclosed term
|
|
<dt><b>CODE</b> used for extracts from program code
|
|
<dt><b>SAMP</b> used for sample output from programs, and scripts etc.
|
|
<dt><b>KBD</b> used for text to be typed by the user
|
|
<dt><b>VAR</b> used for variables or arguments to commands
|
|
<dt><b>CITE</b> used for citations or references to other sources
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=fields>Form fields</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<p><a href="#input"><samp>INPUT</samp></a>,
|
|
<a href="#select"><samp>SELECT</samp></a> and
|
|
<a href="#textarea"><samp>TEXTAREA</samp></a> are only allowed within
|
|
<samp>FORM</samp> elements. <a href="#input"><samp>INPUT</samp></a> can
|
|
be used for a variety of form fields including single line text fields,
|
|
password fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, submit and reset buttons,
|
|
hidden fields, file upload, and image buttons.
|
|
<a href="#select"><samp>SELECT</samp></a> elements are used for single or
|
|
multiple choice menus. <a href="#textarea"><samp>TEXTAREA</samp></a>
|
|
elements are used to define multi-line text fields. The content of the
|
|
element is used to initialize the field.
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=input>INPUT <em>text fields, radio buttons, check boxes, ...</em></a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<p><samp>INPUT</samp> elements are not containers and so the end tag is
|
|
forbidden.
|
|
|
|
<pre><!ENTITY % IAlign "(top|middle|bottom|left|right)">
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % InputType
|
|
"(TEXT | PASSWORD | CHECKBOX | RADIO | SUBMIT
|
|
| RESET | FILE | HIDDEN | IMAGE)">
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT INPUT - O EMPTY>
|
|
<!ATTLIST INPUT
|
|
type %InputType TEXT -- what kind of widget is needed --
|
|
name CDATA #IMPLIED -- required for all but submit and reset --
|
|
value CDATA #IMPLIED -- required for radio and checkboxes --
|
|
checked (checked) #IMPLIED -- for radio buttons and check boxes --
|
|
size CDATA #IMPLIED -- specific to each type of field --
|
|
maxlength NUMBER #IMPLIED
|
|
src %URL #IMPLIED -- for fields with background images --
|
|
align %IAlign #IMPLIED -- vertical or horizontal alignment --
|
|
></pre>
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>type</b>
|
|
<dd>Used to set the type of input field:<p></p>
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><samp>type=text</samp> <em>(the default)</em>
|
|
<dd>A single line text field whose visible size can be set using the <a
|
|
href="#isize"><samp>size</samp></a> attribute, e.g. <samp>size=40</samp>
|
|
for a 40 character wide field. Users should be able to type more than
|
|
this limit though with the text scrolling through the field to keep the
|
|
input cursor in view. You can enforce an upper limit on the number of
|
|
characters that can be entered with the <a
|
|
href="#maxlen"><samp>maxlength</samp></a> attribute. The <a
|
|
href="#name"><samp>name</samp></a> attribute is used to name the field,
|
|
while the <a href="#value"><samp>value</samp></a> attribute can be used
|
|
to initialize the text string shown in the field when the document is
|
|
first loaded.
|
|
|
|
|
|
<pre> <input type=text size=40 name=user value="your name"></pre>
|
|
|
|
<dt><samp>type=password</samp>
|
|
<dd>This is like type=text, but echoes characters using a character
|
|
like * to hide the text from prying eyes when entering passwords.
|
|
You can use <a href="#isize"><samp>size</samp></a> and
|
|
<a href="#maxlen"><samp>maxlength</samp></a> attributes to control
|
|
the visible and maximum length exactly as per
|
|
regular text fields.
|
|
|
|
<pre> <input type=password size=12 name=pw></pre>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<dt><samp>type=checkbox</samp>
|
|
<dd>Used for simple Boolean attributes, or for attributes that can take
|
|
multiple values at the same time. The latter is represented by several
|
|
checkbox fields with the same <a href="#name"><samp>name</samp></a> and
|
|
a different <a href="#value"><samp>value</samp></a> attribute. Each checked
|
|
checkbox generates a separate name/value pair in the submitted data, even
|
|
if this results in duplicate names. Use the
|
|
<a href="#checked"><samp>checked</samp></a> attribute to initialize
|
|
the checkbox to its checked state.
|
|
|
|
<pre> <input type=checkbox checked name=uscitizen value=yes></pre>
|
|
|
|
<dt><samp>type=radio</samp>
|
|
<dd>Used for attributes which can take a single value from a set of
|
|
alternatives. Each radio button field in the group should be given the
|
|
same <a href="#name"><samp>name</samp></a>. Radio buttons require an explicit
|
|
<a href="#value"><samp>value</samp></a> attribute. Only the checked radio
|
|
button in the group generates a name/value pair in the submitted data. One
|
|
radio button in each group should be initially checked using the
|
|
<a href="#checked"><samp>checked</samp></a> attribute.
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<input type=radio name=age value="0-12">
|
|
<input type=radio name=age value="13-17">
|
|
<input type=radio name=age value="18-25">
|
|
<input type=radio name=age value="26-35" checked>
|
|
<input type=radio name=age value="36-">
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<dt><samp>type=submit</samp>
|
|
<dd>This defines a button that users can click to submit the form's
|
|
contents to the server. The button's label is set from the
|
|
<a href="#value"><samp>value</samp></a> attribute. If the
|
|
<a href="#name"><samp>name</samp></a>
|
|
attribute is given then the submit button's name/value pair will be
|
|
included in the submitted data. You can include several submit buttons
|
|
in the form. See <samp>type=image</samp> for graphical submit buttons.
|
|
|
|
<pre> <input type=submit value="Party on ..."></pre>
|
|
|
|
<dt><samp>type=image</samp>
|
|
<dd>This is used for graphical submit buttons rendered by an image
|
|
rather than a text string. The URL for the image is specified with the
|
|
<a href="#isrc"><samp>src</samp></a> attribute. The image alignment can
|
|
be specified with the <a href="#ialign"><samp>align</samp></a>
|
|
attribute. In this respect, graphical submit buttons are treated
|
|
identically to <a href="#img"><samp>IMG</samp></a> elements, so you can
|
|
set align to left, right, top, middle or bottom. The x and y values of
|
|
the location clicked are passed to the server: In the submitted data,
|
|
image fields are included as two name/value pairs. The names are derived
|
|
by taking the name of the field and appending ".x" for the x value, and
|
|
".y" for the y value.
|
|
|
|
<pre><p>Now choose a point on the map:
|
|
|
|
<input type=image name=point src="map.gif"></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p><em><b>Note</b>: image fields typically cause problems for text-only and
|
|
speech-based user agents!</em></p>
|
|
|
|
<dt><samp>type=reset</samp>
|
|
<dd>This defines a button that users can click to reset form fields
|
|
to their initial state when the document was first loaded. You can
|
|
set the label by providing a <a href="#value"><samp>value</samp></a>
|
|
attribute. Reset buttons are never sent as part of the form's contents.
|
|
|
|
<pre> <input type=reset value="Start over ..."></pre>
|
|
|
|
<dt><samp>type=file</samp>
|
|
<dd>This provides a means for users to attach a file to the form's
|
|
contents. It is generally rendered by text field and an associated
|
|
button which when clicked invokes a file browser to select a file
|
|
name. The file name can also be entered directly in the text field.
|
|
Just like type=text you can use the <a href="#isize"><samp>size</samp></a>
|
|
attribute to set the visible width of this field in average character
|
|
widths. You can set an upper limit to the length of file names using the
|
|
<a href="#maxlen"><samp>maxlength</samp></a> attribute. Some user agents
|
|
support the ability to restrict the kinds of files to those
|
|
matching a comma separated list of MIME content types given with
|
|
the <samp>ACCEPT</samp> attribute e.g. <samp>accept="image/*"</samp>
|
|
restricts files to images. Further information can be found in
|
|
<a href="#rfc1867">RFC 1867</a>.
|
|
|
|
<pre> <input type=file name=photo size=20 accept="image/*"></pre>
|
|
|
|
<dt><samp>type=hidden</samp>
|
|
<dd>These fields should not be rendered and provide a means for servers
|
|
to store state information with a form. This will be passed back to the
|
|
server when the form is submitted, using the name/value pair defined by
|
|
the corresponding attributes. This is a work around for the statelessness
|
|
of HTTP. Another approach is to use HTTP "<a href="#refs">Cookies</a>".
|
|
|
|
<pre> <input type=hidden name=customerid value="c2415-345-8563"></pre>
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<dt><a name=name><b>name</b></a>
|
|
<dd>Used to define the property name that will be used to identify this
|
|
field's content when it is submitted to the server.
|
|
|
|
<dt><a name=value><b>value</b></a>
|
|
<dd>Used to initialize the field, or to provide a textual label for
|
|
submit and reset buttons.
|
|
|
|
<dt><a name=checked><b>checked</b></a>
|
|
<dd>The presence of this attribute is used to initialize checkboxes and
|
|
radio buttons to their checked state.
|
|
|
|
<dt><a name=isize><b>size</b></a>
|
|
<dd>Used to set the visible size of text fields to a given number of
|
|
average character widths, e.g. <samp>size=20</samp>
|
|
|
|
<dt><a name=maxlen><b>maxlength</b></a>
|
|
<dd>Sets the maximum number of characters permitted in a text field.
|
|
|
|
<dt><a name=isrc><b>src</b></a>
|
|
<dd>Specifies a URL for the image to use with a graphical submit button.
|
|
|
|
<dt><a name=ialign><b>align</b></a>
|
|
<dd>Used to specify image alignment for graphical submit buttons.
|
|
It is defined just like the <a href="#img"><samp>IMG</samp></a> align
|
|
attribute and takes one of the values: <samp>top</samp>, <samp>middle</samp>,
|
|
<samp>bottom</samp>, <samp>left</samp> or <samp>right</samp>, defaulting
|
|
to <samp>bottom</samp>.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=select>SELECT <em>menus</em></a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!ELEMENT SELECT - - (OPTION+)>
|
|
<!ATTLIST SELECT
|
|
name CDATA #REQUIRED
|
|
size NUMBER #IMPLIED
|
|
multiple (multiple) #IMPLIED
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT OPTION - O (#PCDATA)*>
|
|
<!ATTLIST OPTION
|
|
selected (selected) #IMPLIED
|
|
value CDATA #IMPLIED -- defaults to element content --
|
|
>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p><samp>SELECT</samp> is used to define select one from many or many
|
|
from many menus. <samp>SELECT</samp> elements require start and end tags
|
|
and contain one or more <samp>OPTION</samp> elements that define menu
|
|
items. One from many menus are generally rendered as drop-down menus
|
|
while many from many menus are generally shown as list boxes.
|
|
|
|
<p>Example:
|
|
|
|
<PRE> <SELECT NAME="flavor">
|
|
<OPTION VALUE=a>Vanilla
|
|
<OPTION VALUE=b>Strawberry
|
|
<OPTION VALUE=c>Rum and Raisin
|
|
<OPTION VALUE=d>Peach and Orange
|
|
</SELECT>
|
|
</PRE>
|
|
|
|
<p><samp>SELECT</samp> attributes:
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>name</b>
|
|
<dd>This specifies a property name that is used to identify the menu
|
|
choice when the form is submitted to the server. Each selected option
|
|
results in a property name/value pair being included as part of the
|
|
form's contents.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>size</b>
|
|
<dd>This sets the number of visible choices for many from many menus.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>multiple</b>
|
|
<dd>The presence of this attribute signifies that the users can make
|
|
multiple selections. By default only one selection is allowed.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p><samp>OPTION</samp> attributes:
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>selected</b>
|
|
<dd>When this attribute is present, the option is selected when the
|
|
document is initially loaded. It is an error for more than one option
|
|
to be so selected for one from many menus.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>value</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies the property value to be used when submitting the form's
|
|
content. This is combined with the property name as given by the name
|
|
attribute of the parent <samp>SELECT</samp> element.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=textarea>TEXTAREA <em>multi-line text fields</em></a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!-- Multi-line text input field. -->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT TEXTAREA - - (#PCDATA)*>
|
|
<!ATTLIST TEXTAREA
|
|
name CDATA #REQUIRED
|
|
rows NUMBER #REQUIRED
|
|
cols NUMBER #REQUIRED
|
|
>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p><samp>TEXTAREA</samp> elements require start and end tags. The
|
|
content of the element is restricted to text and character entities. It
|
|
is used to initialize the text that is shown when the document is first
|
|
loaded.
|
|
|
|
<p>Example:
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<TEXTAREA NAME=address ROWS=4 COLS=40>
|
|
Your address here ...
|
|
</TEXTAREA>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<P>It is recommended that user agents canonicalize line endings to
|
|
CR, LF (ASCII decimal 13, 10) when submitting the field's contents.
|
|
The character set for submitted data should be ISO Latin-1, unless
|
|
the server has previously indicated that it can support alternative
|
|
character sets.
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>name</b>
|
|
<dd>This specifies a property name that is used to identify the textarea
|
|
field when the form is submitted to the server.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>rows</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies the number of visible text lines. Users should be able
|
|
to enter more lines that this, so user agents should provide some
|
|
means to scroll through the contents of the textarea field when the
|
|
contents extend beyond the visible area.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>cols</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies the visible width in average character widths. Users should
|
|
be able to enter longer lines that this, so user agents should provide
|
|
some means to scroll through the contents of the textarea field when the
|
|
contents extend beyond the visible area. User agents may wrap visible text
|
|
lines to keep long lines visible without the need for scrolling.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<h3><a name=specials>Special Text level Elements</a></h3>
|
|
|
|
<p><a href="#anchor">A</a> (Anchor), <a href="#img">IMG</a>,
|
|
<a href="#applet">APPLET</a>, <a href="#font">FONT</a>,
|
|
<a href="#basefont">BASEFONT</a>, <a href="#br">BR</a>
|
|
and <a href="#map">MAP</a>.
|
|
|
|
<h4><a name=anchor>The A (anchor) element</a></h4>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!ELEMENT A - - (%text)* -(A)>
|
|
<!ATTLIST A
|
|
name CDATA #IMPLIED -- named link end --
|
|
href %URL #IMPLIED -- URL for linked resource --
|
|
rel CDATA #IMPLIED -- forward link types --
|
|
rev CDATA #IMPLIED -- reverse link types --
|
|
title CDATA #IMPLIED -- advisory title string --
|
|
>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Anchors can't be nested and always require start and end tags.
|
|
They are used to define hypertext links and also to define
|
|
named locations for use as targets for hypertext links, e.g.
|
|
|
|
<pre> The way to <a href="hands-on.html">happiness</a>.</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>and also to define named locations for use as targets for hypertext
|
|
links, e.g.
|
|
|
|
<pre> <h2><a name=mit>545 Tech Square - Hacker's Paradise</a></h2></pre>
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>name</b>
|
|
<dd>This should be a string defining unique name for the scope of the
|
|
current HTML document. <samp>NAME</samp> is used to associate a name
|
|
with this part of a document for use with URLs that target a named
|
|
section of a document.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>href</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies a URL acting as a network address for the linked resource.
|
|
This could be another HTML document, a PDF file or an image etc.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>rel</b>
|
|
<dd>The forward relationship also known as the "link type". It can be
|
|
used to determine to how to deal with the linked resource when printing
|
|
out a collection of linked resources.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>rev</b>
|
|
<dd>This defines a reverse relationship. A link from document A to
|
|
document B with <samp>REV=relation</samp> expresses the same
|
|
relationship as a link from B to A with <samp>REL=relation</samp>.
|
|
<samp>REV=made</samp> is sometimes used to identify the document author,
|
|
either the author's email address with a mailto URL, or a link to the
|
|
author's home page.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>title</b>
|
|
<dd>An advisory title for the linked resource.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<h4><a name=img><B>IMG</B> <i> - inline images</i></a></h4>
|
|
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|
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<pre><!ENTITY % IAlign "(top|middle|bottom|left|right)">
|
|
|
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<!ELEMENT IMG - O EMPTY -- Embedded image -->
|
|
<!ATTLIST IMG
|
|
src %URL #REQUIRED -- URL of image to embed --
|
|
alt CDATA #IMPLIED -- for display in place of image --
|
|
align %IAlign #IMPLIED -- vertical or horizontal alignment --
|
|
height %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested height in pixels --
|
|
width %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested width in pixels --
|
|
border %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested link border width --
|
|
hspace %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested horizontal gutter --
|
|
vspace %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested vertical gutter --
|
|
usemap %URL #IMPLIED -- use client-side image map --
|
|
ismap (ismap) #IMPLIED -- use server image map --
|
|
></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Used to insert images. <samp>IMG</samp> is an empty element and so
|
|
the end tag is forbidden. Images can be positioned vertically relative
|
|
to the current textline or floated to the left or right. See
|
|
<samp>BR</samp> with the <samp>CLEAR</samp> attribute for control
|
|
over textflow.
|
|
|
|
<pre><i>e.g.</i> <IMG SRC="canyon.gif" ALT="Grand Canyon"></pre>
|
|
|
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<p><samp>IMG</samp> elements support the following attributes:
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>src</b>
|
|
<dd>This attribute is required for every <samp>IMG</samp> element. It
|
|
specifies a URL for the image resource, for instance a GIF, JPEG or PNG
|
|
image file.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>alt</b>
|
|
<dd>This is used to provide a text description of the image and
|
|
is vital for interoperability with speech-based and text only
|
|
user agents.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>align</b>
|
|
<dd>This specifies how the image is positioned relative to the current
|
|
textline in which it occurs:
|
|
<p><!-- fix for Netscape spacing bug with DD --></p>
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><samp>align=top</samp>
|
|
<dd>positions the top of the image
|
|
with the top of the current text line. User agents vary in how they
|
|
interpret this. Some only take into account what has occurred on the
|
|
text line prior to the IMG element and ignore what happens after it.
|
|
|
|
<dt><samp>align=middle</samp>
|
|
<dd>aligns the middle of the image with the baseline for the
|
|
current textline.
|
|
|
|
<dt><samp>align=bottom</samp>
|
|
<dd>is the default and aligns the bottom of the image with the baseline.
|
|
|
|
<dt><samp>align=left</samp>
|
|
<dd>floats the image to the current left margin, temporarily changing
|
|
this margin, so that subsequent text is flowed along the image's
|
|
righthand side. The rendering depends on whether there is any left
|
|
aligned text or images that appear earlier than the current image in the
|
|
markup. Such text (but not images) generally forces left aligned images
|
|
to wrap to a new line, with the subsequent text continuing on the former
|
|
line.
|
|
|
|
<dt><samp>align=right</samp>
|
|
<dd>floats the image to the current right margin, temporarily changing
|
|
this margin, so that subsequent text is flowed along the image's
|
|
lefthand side. The rendering depends on whether there is any right
|
|
aligned text or images that appear earlier than the current image in the
|
|
markup. Such text (but not images) generally forces right aligned images
|
|
to wrap to a new line, with the subsequent text continuing on the former
|
|
line.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p>Note that some browsers introduce spurious spacing with multiple left
|
|
or right aligned images. As a result authors can't depend on this being
|
|
the same for browsers from different vendors. See
|
|
<a href="#br"><samp>BR</samp></a> for ways to control text flow.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>width</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies the intended width of the image in pixels. When given
|
|
together with the height, this allows user agents to reserve screen
|
|
space for the image before the image data has arrived over the network.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>height</b>
|
|
<dd>Specifies the intended height of the image in pixels. When given
|
|
together with the width, this allows user agents to reserve screen space
|
|
for the image before the image data has arrived over the network.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>border</b>
|
|
<dd>When the <samp>IMG</samp> element appears as part of a hypertext
|
|
link, the user agent will generally indicate this by drawing a colored
|
|
border (typically blue) around the image. This attribute can be used to
|
|
set the width of this border in pixels. Use <samp>border=0</samp> to
|
|
suppress the border altogether. User agents are recommended to provide
|
|
additional cues that the image is clickable, e.g. by changing the mouse
|
|
pointer.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>hspace</b>
|
|
<dd>This can be used to provide white space to the immediate left and
|
|
right of the image. The <samp>HSPACE</samp> attribute sets the width of
|
|
this white space in pixels. By default <samp>HSPACE</samp> is a small
|
|
non-zero number.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>vspace</b>
|
|
<dd>This can be used to provide white space above and below the image
|
|
The <samp>VSPACE</samp> attribute sets the height of this white space
|
|
in pixels. By default <samp>VSPACE</samp> is a small non-zero number.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>usemap</b>
|
|
<dd>This can be used to give a URL fragment identifier for a client-side
|
|
image map defined with the <a href="#map">MAP</a> element.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>ismap</b>
|
|
<dd>When the <samp>IMG</samp> element is part of a hypertext link, and
|
|
the user clicks on the image, the <samp>ISMAP</samp> attribute causes
|
|
the location to be passed to the server. This mechanism causes problems
|
|
for text-only and speech-based user agents. Whenever its possible to
|
|
do so use the <samp>MAP</samp> element instead.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p>Here is an example of how you use <samp>ISMAP</samp>:
|
|
|
|
<pre><a href="/cgibin/navbar.map"><img src=navbar.gif ismap border=0></a></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>The location clicked is passed to the server as follows. The user
|
|
agent derives a new URL from the URL specified by the <samp>HREF</samp>
|
|
attribute by appending `?' the x coordinate `,' and the y coordinate of
|
|
the location in pixels. The link is then followed using the new URL. For
|
|
instance, if the user clicked at at the location x=10, y=27 then the
|
|
derived URL will be: <i>"<samp>/cgibin/navbar.map?10,27</samp>"</i>. It
|
|
is generally a good idea to suppress the border and use graphical idioms
|
|
to indicate that the image is clickable.
|
|
|
|
<p>Note that pixel values refer to screen pixels, and should be
|
|
multiplied by an appropriate factor when rendering to very high
|
|
resolution devices such as laser printers. For instance if a
|
|
user agent has a display with 75 pixels per inch and is rendering
|
|
to a laser printer with 600 dots per inch, then the pixel values
|
|
given in HTML attributes should be multiplied by a factor of 8.
|
|
|
|
<h4><a name=applet>APPLET <em>(Java Applets)</em></a></h4>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!ELEMENT APPLET - - (PARAM | %text)*>
|
|
<!ATTLIST APPLET
|
|
codebase %URL #IMPLIED -- code base --
|
|
code CDATA #REQUIRED -- class file --
|
|
alt CDATA #IMPLIED -- for display in place of applet --
|
|
name CDATA #IMPLIED -- applet name --
|
|
width %Pixels #REQUIRED -- suggested width in pixels --
|
|
height %Pixels #REQUIRED -- suggested height in pixels --
|
|
align %IAlign #IMPLIED -- vertical or horizontal alignment --
|
|
hspace %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested horizontal gutter --
|
|
vspace %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested vertical gutter --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT PARAM - O EMPTY>
|
|
<!ATTLIST PARAM
|
|
name NMTOKEN #REQUIRED -- The name of the parameter --
|
|
value CDATA #IMPLIED -- The value of the parameter --
|
|
>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Requires start and end tags. This element is supported by all Java
|
|
enabled browsers. It allows you to embed a Java applet into HTML
|
|
documents. <samp>APPLET</samp> uses associated <a
|
|
href="#param"><samp>PARAM</samp></a> elements to pass parameters to the
|
|
applet. Following the <samp>PARAM</samp> elements, the content of
|
|
<samp>APPLET</samp> elements should be used to provide an alternative to
|
|
the applet for user agents that don't support Java. It is restricted to
|
|
text-level markup as defined by the <i><samp>%text</samp></i> entity in
|
|
the DTD. Java-compatible browsers ignore this extra HTML code. You can
|
|
use it to show a snapshot of the applet running, with text explaining
|
|
what the applet does. Other possibilities for this area are a link to a
|
|
page that is more useful for the Java-ignorant browser, or text that
|
|
taunts the user for not having a Java-compatible browser.
|
|
|
|
<p>Here is a simple example of a Java applet:
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<applet code="Bubbles.class" width=500 height=500>
|
|
Java applet that draws animated bubbles.
|
|
</applet>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Here is another one using a <samp>PARAM</samp> element:
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<applet code="AudioItem" width=15 height=15>
|
|
<param name=snd value="Hello.au|Welcome.au">
|
|
Java applet that plays a welcoming sound.
|
|
</applet>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>codebase =</b> <em>codebaseURL</em>
|
|
<dd>This optional attribute specifies the base URL of the applet --
|
|
the directory or folder that contains the applet's code.
|
|
If this attribute is not specified,
|
|
then the document's URL is used.
|
|
<p>
|
|
<dt><b>code =</b> <em>appletFile</em>
|
|
<dd>This required attribute gives the name of the file
|
|
that contains the applet's compiled Applet subclass.
|
|
This file is relative to the base URL of the applet.
|
|
It cannot be absolute.
|
|
<p>
|
|
<dt><b>alt =</b> <em>alternateText</em>
|
|
<dd>This optional attribute specifies any text
|
|
that should be displayed
|
|
if the browser understands the APPLET tag
|
|
but can't run Java applets.
|
|
<p>
|
|
<dt><b>name =</b> <em>appletInstanceName</em>
|
|
<dd>This optional attribute specifies a name for the applet instance,
|
|
which makes it possible for applets on the same page
|
|
to find (and communicate with) each other.
|
|
<p>
|
|
<dt><b>width =</b> <em>pixels</em>
|
|
<br>
|
|
<b>height =</b> <em>pixels</em>
|
|
<dd>These required attributes give the initial width and height
|
|
(in pixels) of the applet display area,
|
|
not counting any windows or dialogs that the applet brings up.
|
|
<p>
|
|
<dt><b>align =</b> <em>alignment</em>
|
|
<dd>This attribute specifies the alignment of the applet.
|
|
This attribute is defined in exactly the same way
|
|
as the <a href="#img"><samp>IMG</samp></a> element.
|
|
The permitted values are: <samp>top</samp>, <samp>middle</samp>,
|
|
<samp>bottom</samp>, <samp>left</samp> and <samp>right</samp>.
|
|
The default is <samp>bottom</samp>.
|
|
<p>
|
|
<dt><b>vspace =</b> <em>pixels</em>
|
|
<br>
|
|
<b>hspace =</b> <em>pixels</em>
|
|
<dd>These optional attributes specify the number of pixels above and
|
|
below the applet (<samp>VSPACE</samp>) and on each side of the
|
|
applet (<samp>HSPACE</samp>). They're treated the same way as the
|
|
<samp>IMG</samp> element's <samp>VSPACE</samp> and <samp>HSPACE</samp>
|
|
attributes.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p><a name=param>The <samp>PARAM</samp> element is used to pass named
|
|
parameters to applet:</a>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<pre> <b><PARAM NAME =</b> <em>appletParameter</em> <b>VALUE =</b> <em>value</em><b>></b></pre>
|
|
|
|
<P><samp>PARAM</samp> elements are the only way to specify applet-specific
|
|
parameters. Applets read user-specified values for parameters with the
|
|
<code>getParameter()</code> method.
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>name =</b> <em>applet parameter name</em>
|
|
<dt><b>value =</b> <em>parameter value</em>
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p>SGML character entities such as <em><samp>&eacute;</samp></em>
|
|
and <em><samp>&#185;</samp></em>
|
|
are expanded before the parameter value is passed to the applet.
|
|
To include an & character use <samp>&amp;</samp>.
|
|
|
|
<p><em>Note: PARAM elements should be placed at the start of the
|
|
content for the APPLET element. This is not specified as part of the
|
|
DTD due to technicalities with SGML mixed content models.</em>
|
|
|
|
<h4><a name=font>FONT</a></h4>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!ELEMENT FONT - - (%text)* -- local change to font -->
|
|
<!ATTLIST FONT
|
|
size CDATA #IMPLIED -- [+]nn e.g. size="+1", size=4 --
|
|
color CDATA #IMPLIED -- #RRGGBB in hex, e.g. red: color="#FF0000" --
|
|
></pre>
|
|
|
|
|
|
<p>Requires start and end tags. This allows you to change the font size
|
|
and/or color for the enclosed text. The attributes are: <samp>SIZE</samp>
|
|
and <samp>COLOR</samp>. Font sizes are given in terms of a scalar range
|
|
defined by the user agent with no direct mapping to point sizes etc.
|
|
The <samp>FONT</samp> element may be phased out in future revisions
|
|
to HTML.
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>size</b>
|
|
<dd>This sets the font size for the contents of the font element. You
|
|
can set size to an integer ranging from 1 to 7 for an absolute font
|
|
size, or specify a relative font size with a signed integer value, e.g.
|
|
<samp>size="+1"</samp> or <samp>size="-2"</samp>. This is mapped to an
|
|
absolute font size by adding the current base font size as set by the
|
|
<samp>BASEFONT</samp> element (see below).
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>color</b>
|
|
<dd>Used to set the color to stroke the text. Colors are given as RGB
|
|
in hexadecimal notation or as one of 16 widely understood
|
|
<a href="#colors">color names</a> defined as per the BGCOLOR attribute
|
|
on the <a href="#body"><samp>BODY</samp></a> element.
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p><em>Some user agents also support a <samp>FACE</samp> attribute which
|
|
accepts a comma separated list of font names in order of preference.
|
|
This is used to search for an installed font with the corresponding
|
|
name. <samp>FACE</samp> is not part of HTML 3.2.</em>
|
|
|
|
<p>The following shows the effects of setting font to absolute sizes:
|
|
|
|
<p><font size=1>size=1</font>
|
|
<font size=2>size=2</font>
|
|
<font size=3>size=3</font>
|
|
<font size=4>size=4</font>
|
|
<font size=5>size=5</font>
|
|
<font size=6>size=6</font>
|
|
<font size=7>size=7</font>
|
|
|
|
<p>The following shows the effect of relative font sizes using
|
|
a base font size of 3:
|
|
|
|
<p><basefont size=3>
|
|
<font size="-4">size=-4</font>
|
|
<font size="-3">size=-3</font>
|
|
<font size="-2">size=-2</font>
|
|
<font size="-1">size=-1</font>
|
|
<font size="+1">size=+1</font>
|
|
<font size="+2">size=+2</font>
|
|
<font size="+3">size=+3</font>
|
|
<font size="+4">size=+4</font>
|
|
|
|
<p>The same thing with a base font size of 6:
|
|
|
|
<p><basefont size=6>
|
|
<font size="-4">size=-4</font>
|
|
<font size="-3">size=-3</font>
|
|
<font size="-2">size=-2</font>
|
|
<font size="-1">size=-1</font>
|
|
<font size="+1">size=+1</font>
|
|
<font size="+2">size=+2</font>
|
|
<font size="+3">size=+3</font>
|
|
<font size="+4">size=+4</font>
|
|
<basefont size=3>
|
|
|
|
<h4><a name=basefont>BASEFONT</a></h4>
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!ELEMENT BASEFONT - O EMPTY -- base font size (1 to 7) -->
|
|
<!ATTLIST BASEFONT
|
|
size CDATA #IMPLIED -- e.g. size=4, defaults to 3 --
|
|
></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Used to set the base font size. <samp>BASEFONT</samp> is an empty
|
|
element so the end tag is forbidden. The <samp>SIZE</samp> attribute is
|
|
an integer value ranging from 1 to 7. The base font size applies to the
|
|
normal and preformatted text but not to headings, except where these are
|
|
modified using the <samp>FONT</samp> element with a relative font size.
|
|
|
|
<h4><a name=br>BR</a></h4>
|
|
|
|
<p>Used to force a line break. This is an empty element so the end tag
|
|
is forbidden. The <samp>CLEAR</samp> attribute can be used to move down
|
|
past floating images on either margin. <samp><BR
|
|
CLEAR=LEFT></samp> moves down past floating images on the left
|
|
margin, <samp><BR CLEAR=RIGHT></samp> does the same for floating
|
|
images on the right margin, while <samp><BR CLEAR=ALL></samp> does
|
|
the same for such images on both left and right margins.
|
|
|
|
<h4><a name=map>MAP</a></h4>
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>MAP</samp> element provides a mechanism for client-side
|
|
image maps. These can be placed in the same document or grouped in a
|
|
separate document although this isn't yet widely supported. The
|
|
<samp>MAP</samp> element requires start and end tags. It contains one or
|
|
more <samp>AREA</samp> elements that specify hotzones on the associated
|
|
image and bind these hotzones to URLs.
|
|
|
|
<pre><!ENTITY % SHAPE "(rect|circle|poly)">
|
|
<!ENTITY % COORDS "CDATA" -- comma separated list of numbers -->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT MAP - - (AREA)+>
|
|
<!ATTLIST MAP
|
|
name CDATA #REQUIRED
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT AREA - O EMPTY>
|
|
<!ATTLIST AREA
|
|
shape %SHAPE rect
|
|
coords %COORDS #IMPLIED -- defines coordinates for shape --
|
|
href %URL #IMPLIED -- this region acts as hypertext link --
|
|
nohref (nohref) #IMPLIED -- this region has no action --
|
|
alt CDATA #REQUIRED -- needed for non-graphical user agents --
|
|
></pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>Here is a simple example for a graphical navigational toolbar:
|
|
|
|
<pre><img src="navbar.gif" border=0 usemap="#map1">
|
|
|
|
<map name="map1">
|
|
<area href=guide.html alt="Access Guide" shape=rect coords="0,0,118,28">
|
|
<area href=search.html alt="Search" shape=rect coords="184,0,276,28">
|
|
<area href=shortcut.html alt="Go" shape=rect coords="118,0,184,28">
|
|
<area href=top10.html alt="Top Ten" shape=rect coords="276,0,373,28">
|
|
</map></pre>
|
|
|
|
<P>The <samp>MAP</samp> element has one attribute <samp>NAME</samp>
|
|
which is used to associate a name with a map. This is then used by the
|
|
<samp>USEMAP</samp> attribute on the <samp>IMG</samp> element to
|
|
reference the map via a URL fragment identifier. Note that the value of
|
|
the <samp>NAME</samp> attribute is case sensitive.
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>AREA</samp> element is an empty element and so the end tag
|
|
is forbidden. It takes the following attributes: <samp>SHAPE</samp>,
|
|
<samp>COORDS</samp>, <samp>HREF</samp>, <samp>NOHREF</samp> and
|
|
<samp>ALT</samp>. The <samp>SHAPE</samp> and <samp>COORDS</samp>
|
|
attributes define a region on the image. If the <samp>SHAPE</samp>
|
|
attribute is omitted, <samp>SHAPE="RECT"</samp> is assumed.
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dd><b>shape=rect coords="</b><i>left-x<b>,</b> top-y<b>,</b>
|
|
right-x<b>,</b> bottom-y</i><b>"</b><p>
|
|
|
|
<dd><b>shape=circle coords="</b><i>center-x<b>,</b>
|
|
center-y<b>,</b> radius</i><b>"</b> <p>
|
|
|
|
<dd><b>shape=poly
|
|
coords="</b><i>x<sub>1</sub><b>,</b>y<sub>1</sub><b>,</b>
|
|
x<sub>2</sub><b>,</b>y<sub>2</sub><b>,</b>
|
|
x<sub>3</sub><b>,</b>y<sub>3</sub><b>,</b> ...</i><b>"</b>
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<p>Where <b>x</b> and <b>y</b> are measured in pixels from the left/top
|
|
of the associated image. If <b>x</b> and <b>y</b> values are given with a
|
|
percent sign as a suffix, the values should be interpreted as percentages
|
|
of the image's width and height, respectively. For example:
|
|
|
|
<pre> SHAPE=RECT COORDS="0, 0, 50%, 100%"</pre>
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>HREF</samp> attribute gives a URL for the target of the
|
|
hypertext link. The <samp>NOHREF</samp> attribute is used when you want
|
|
to define a region that doesn't act as a hotzone. This is useful when
|
|
you want to cut a hole in an underlying region acting as a hotzone.
|
|
|
|
<p>If two or more regions overlap, the region defined first in the map
|
|
definition takes precedence over subsequent regions. This means that
|
|
<samp>AREA</samp> elements with <samp>NOHREF</samp> should generally be
|
|
placed before ones with the <samp>HREF</samp> attribute.
|
|
|
|
<p>The <samp>ALT</samp> attribute is used to provide text labels which
|
|
can be displayed in the status line as the mouse or other pointing
|
|
device is moved over hotzones, or for constructing a textual menu for
|
|
non-graphical user agents. Authors are <b>strongly recommended</b> to
|
|
provide meaningful <samp>ALT</samp> attributes to support
|
|
interoperability with speech-based or text-only user agents.
|
|
|
|
|
|
<hr>
|
|
<h2><a name=catalog>Sample SGML Open Catalog for HTML 3.2</a></h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>This can be used with an SGML parser like nsgmls to verify that
|
|
files conform to the HTML 3.2 DTD. It assumes that the DTD has been
|
|
saved as the file "HTML32.dtd" and that the Latin-1 entities are
|
|
in the file "ISOlat1.ent".
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
-- html32.soc: catalog for parsing HTML 3.2 documents --
|
|
SGMLDECL "HTML32.dcl"
|
|
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN" HTML32.dtd
|
|
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Draft//EN" HTML32.dtd
|
|
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN" HTML32.dtd
|
|
PUBLIC "ISO 8879-1986//ENTITIES Added Latin 1//EN//HTML" ISOlat1.ent
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<hr>
|
|
<h2><a name=sgmldecl>SGML Declaration for HTML 3.2</a></h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>This uses the 8 bit ISO Latin-1 character set. The size limits on
|
|
properties like literals and tag names have been considerably increased
|
|
from their HTML 2.0 values, but it is recommended that user agents avoid
|
|
imposing arbitrary length limits.
|
|
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!SGML "ISO 8879:1986"
|
|
--
|
|
SGML Declaration for HyperText Markup Language version 3.2
|
|
|
|
With support for ISO Latin-1 and increased limits
|
|
for tag and literal lengths etc.
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
CHARSET
|
|
BASESET "ISO 646:1983//CHARSET
|
|
International Reference Version
|
|
(IRV)//ESC 2/5 4/0"
|
|
DESCSET 0 9 UNUSED
|
|
9 2 9
|
|
11 2 UNUSED
|
|
13 1 13
|
|
14 18 UNUSED
|
|
32 95 32
|
|
127 1 UNUSED
|
|
BASESET "ISO Registration Number 100//CHARSET
|
|
ECMA-94 Right Part of
|
|
Latin Alphabet Nr. 1//ESC 2/13 4/1"
|
|
DESCSET 128 32 UNUSED
|
|
160 96 32
|
|
|
|
CAPACITY SGMLREF
|
|
TOTALCAP 200000
|
|
GRPCAP 150000
|
|
ENTCAP 150000
|
|
|
|
SCOPE DOCUMENT
|
|
SYNTAX
|
|
SHUNCHAR CONTROLS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
|
|
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 127
|
|
BASESET "ISO 646:1983//CHARSET
|
|
International Reference Version
|
|
(IRV)//ESC 2/5 4/0"
|
|
DESCSET 0 128 0
|
|
|
|
FUNCTION
|
|
RE 13
|
|
RS 10
|
|
SPACE 32
|
|
TAB SEPCHAR 9
|
|
|
|
NAMING LCNMSTRT ""
|
|
UCNMSTRT ""
|
|
LCNMCHAR ".-"
|
|
UCNMCHAR ".-"
|
|
NAMECASE GENERAL YES
|
|
ENTITY NO
|
|
DELIM GENERAL SGMLREF
|
|
SHORTREF SGMLREF
|
|
NAMES SGMLREF
|
|
QUANTITY SGMLREF
|
|
ATTSPLEN 65536
|
|
LITLEN 65536
|
|
NAMELEN 65536
|
|
PILEN 65536
|
|
TAGLVL 100
|
|
TAGLEN 65536
|
|
GRPGTCNT 150
|
|
GRPCNT 64
|
|
|
|
FEATURES
|
|
MINIMIZE
|
|
DATATAG NO
|
|
OMITTAG YES
|
|
RANK NO
|
|
SHORTTAG YES
|
|
LINK
|
|
SIMPLE NO
|
|
IMPLICIT NO
|
|
EXPLICIT NO
|
|
OTHER
|
|
CONCUR NO
|
|
SUBDOC NO
|
|
FORMAL YES
|
|
APPINFO NONE
|
|
>
|
|
</pre>
|
|
|
|
<hr>
|
|
<h2><a name=dtd>HTML 3.2 Document Type Definition</a></h2>
|
|
<pre>
|
|
<!--
|
|
W3C Document Type Definition for the HyperText Markup Language
|
|
version 3.2 as ratified by a vote of W3C member companies.
|
|
For more information on W3C look at URL http://www.w3.org/
|
|
|
|
Date: Tuesday January 14th 1997
|
|
|
|
Author: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
|
|
|
|
HTML 3.2 aims to capture recommended practice as of early '96
|
|
and as such to be used as a replacement for HTML 2.0 (RFC 1866).
|
|
Widely deployed rendering attributes are included where they
|
|
have been shown to be interoperable. SCRIPT and STYLE are
|
|
included to smooth the introduction of client-side scripts
|
|
and style sheets. Browsers must avoid showing the contents
|
|
of these element Otherwise support for them is not required.
|
|
ID, CLASS and STYLE attributes are not included in this version
|
|
of HTML.
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % HTML.Version
|
|
"-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"
|
|
|
|
-- Typical usage:
|
|
|
|
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
|
|
<html>
|
|
...
|
|
</html>
|
|
--
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!--================== Deprecated Features Switch =========================-->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % HTML.Deprecated "INCLUDE">
|
|
|
|
<!--================== Imported Names =====================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % Content-Type "CDATA"
|
|
-- meaning a MIME content type, as per RFC1521
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % HTTP-Method "GET | POST"
|
|
-- as per HTTP specification
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % URL "CDATA"
|
|
-- The term URL means a CDATA attribute
|
|
whose value is a Uniform Resource Locator,
|
|
See RFC1808 (June 95) and RFC1738 (Dec 94).
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!-- Parameter Entities -->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % head.misc "SCRIPT|STYLE|META|LINK" -- repeatable head elements -->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % heading "H1|H2|H3|H4|H5|H6">
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % list "UL | OL | DIR | MENU">
|
|
|
|
<![ %HTML.Deprecated [
|
|
<!ENTITY % preformatted "PRE | XMP | LISTING">
|
|
]]>
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % preformatted "PRE">
|
|
|
|
<!--================ Character mnemonic entities ==========================-->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % ISOlat1 PUBLIC
|
|
"ISO 8879-1986//ENTITIES Added Latin 1//EN//HTML">
|
|
%ISOlat1;
|
|
|
|
<!--================ Entities for special symbols =========================-->
|
|
<!-- &trade and &cbsp are not widely deployed and so not included here -->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY amp CDATA "&#38;" -- ampersand -->
|
|
<!ENTITY gt CDATA "&#62;" -- greater than -->
|
|
<!ENTITY lt CDATA "&#60;" -- less than -->
|
|
|
|
<!--=================== Text Markup =======================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % font "TT | I | B | U | STRIKE | BIG | SMALL | SUB | SUP">
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % phrase "EM | STRONG | DFN | CODE | SAMP | KBD | VAR | CITE">
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % special "A | IMG | APPLET | FONT | BASEFONT | BR | SCRIPT | MAP">
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % form "INPUT | SELECT | TEXTAREA">
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % text "#PCDATA | %font | %phrase | %special | %form">
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT (%font|%phrase) - - (%text)*>
|
|
|
|
<!-- there are also 16 widely known color names although
|
|
the resulting colors are implementation dependent:
|
|
|
|
aqua, black, blue, fuchsia, gray, green, lime, maroon,
|
|
navy, olive, purple, red, silver, teal, white, and yellow
|
|
|
|
These colors were originally picked as being the standard
|
|
16 colors supported with the Windows VGA palette.
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT FONT - - (%text)* -- local change to font -->
|
|
<!ATTLIST FONT
|
|
size CDATA #IMPLIED -- [+]nn e.g. size="+1", size=4 --
|
|
color CDATA #IMPLIED -- #RRGGBB in hex, e.g. red: color="#FF0000" --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT BASEFONT - O EMPTY -- base font size (1 to 7)-->
|
|
<!ATTLIST BASEFONT
|
|
size CDATA #IMPLIED -- e.g. size=3 --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT BR - O EMPTY -- forced line break -->
|
|
<!ATTLIST BR
|
|
clear (left|all|right|none) none -- control of text flow --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!--================== HTML content models ================================-->
|
|
<!--
|
|
HTML has three basic content models:
|
|
|
|
%text character level elements and text strings
|
|
%flow block-like elements e.g. paragraphs and lists
|
|
%bodytext as %flow plus headers H1-H6 and ADDRESS
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % block
|
|
"P | %list | %preformatted | DL | DIV | CENTER |
|
|
BLOCKQUOTE | FORM | ISINDEX | HR | TABLE">
|
|
|
|
<!-- %flow is used for DD and LI -->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % flow "(%text | %block)*">
|
|
|
|
<!--=================== Document Body =====================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % body.content "(%heading | %text | %block | ADDRESS)*">
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % color "CDATA" -- a color specification: #HHHHHH @@ details? -->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % body-color-attrs "
|
|
bgcolor %color #IMPLIED
|
|
text %color #IMPLIED
|
|
link %color #IMPLIED
|
|
vlink %color #IMPLIED
|
|
alink %color #IMPLIED
|
|
">
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT BODY O O %body.content>
|
|
<!ATTLIST BODY
|
|
background %URL #IMPLIED -- texture tile for document background --
|
|
%body-color-attrs; -- bgcolor, text, link, vlink, alink --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % address.content "((%text;) | P)*">
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT ADDRESS - - %address.content>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT DIV - - %body.content>
|
|
<!ATTLIST DIV
|
|
align (left|center|right) #IMPLIED -- alignment of following text --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!-- CENTER is a shorthand for DIV with ALIGN=CENTER -->
|
|
<!ELEMENT center - - %body.content>
|
|
|
|
<!--================== The Anchor Element =================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT A - - (%text)* -(A)>
|
|
<!ATTLIST A
|
|
name CDATA #IMPLIED -- named link end --
|
|
href %URL #IMPLIED -- URL for linked resource --
|
|
rel CDATA #IMPLIED -- forward link types --
|
|
rev CDATA #IMPLIED -- reverse link types --
|
|
title CDATA #IMPLIED -- advisory title string --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!--================== Client-side image maps ============================-->
|
|
|
|
<!-- These can be placed in the same document or grouped in a
|
|
separate document although this isn't yet widely supported -->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % SHAPE "(rect|circle|poly)">
|
|
<!ENTITY % COORDS "CDATA" -- comma separated list of numbers -->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT MAP - - (AREA)*>
|
|
<!ATTLIST MAP
|
|
name CDATA #IMPLIED
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT AREA - O EMPTY>
|
|
<!ATTLIST AREA
|
|
shape %SHAPE rect
|
|
coords %COORDS #IMPLIED -- defines coordinates for shape --
|
|
href %URL #IMPLIED -- this region acts as hypertext link --
|
|
nohref (nohref) #IMPLIED -- this region has no action --
|
|
alt CDATA #REQUIRED -- needed for non-graphical user agents --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!--================== The LINK Element ==================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % Types "CDATA"
|
|
-- See Internet Draft: draft-ietf-html-relrev-00.txt
|
|
LINK has been part of HTML since the early days
|
|
although few browsers as yet take advantage of it.
|
|
|
|
Relationship values can be used in principle:
|
|
|
|
a) for document specific toolbars/menus when used
|
|
with the LINK element in the document head:
|
|
b) to link to a separate style sheet
|
|
c) to make a link to a script
|
|
d) by stylesheets to control how collections of
|
|
html nodes are rendered into printed documents
|
|
e) to make a link to a printable version of this document
|
|
e.g. a postscript or pdf version
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT LINK - O EMPTY>
|
|
<!ATTLIST LINK
|
|
href %URL #IMPLIED -- URL for linked resource --
|
|
rel %Types #IMPLIED -- forward link types --
|
|
rev %Types #IMPLIED -- reverse link types --
|
|
title CDATA #IMPLIED -- advisory title string --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!--=================== Images ============================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % Length "CDATA" -- nn for pixels or nn% for percentage length -->
|
|
<!ENTITY % Pixels "NUMBER" -- integer representing length in pixels -->
|
|
|
|
<!-- Suggested widths are used for negotiating image size
|
|
with the module responsible for painting the image.
|
|
align=left or right cause image to float to margin
|
|
and for subsequent text to wrap around image -->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % IAlign "(top|middle|bottom|left|right)">
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT IMG - O EMPTY -- Embedded image -->
|
|
<!ATTLIST IMG
|
|
src %URL #REQUIRED -- URL of image to embed --
|
|
alt CDATA #IMPLIED -- for display in place of image --
|
|
align %IAlign #IMPLIED -- vertical or horizontal alignment --
|
|
height %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested height in pixels --
|
|
width %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested width in pixels --
|
|
border %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested link border width --
|
|
hspace %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested horizontal gutter --
|
|
vspace %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested vertical gutter --
|
|
usemap %URL #IMPLIED -- use client-side image map --
|
|
ismap (ismap) #IMPLIED -- use server image map --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!-- USEMAP points to a MAP element which may be in this document
|
|
or an external document, although the latter is not widely supported -->
|
|
|
|
<!--=================== Java APPLET tag ===================================-->
|
|
<!--
|
|
This tag is supported by all Java enabled browsers. Applet resources
|
|
(including their classes) are normally loaded relative to the document
|
|
URL (or <BASE> element if it is defined). The CODEBASE attribute is used
|
|
to change this default behavior. If the CODEBASE attribute is defined then
|
|
it specifies a different location to find applet resources. The value
|
|
can be an absolute URL or a relative URL. The absolute URL is used as is
|
|
without modification and is not effected by the documents <BASE> element.
|
|
When the codebase attribute is relative, then it is relative to the
|
|
document URL (or <BASE> tag if defined).
|
|
-->
|
|
<!ELEMENT APPLET - - (PARAM | %text)*>
|
|
<!ATTLIST APPLET
|
|
codebase %URL #IMPLIED -- code base --
|
|
code CDATA #REQUIRED -- class file --
|
|
alt CDATA #IMPLIED -- for display in place of applet --
|
|
name CDATA #IMPLIED -- applet name --
|
|
width %Pixels #REQUIRED -- suggested width in pixels --
|
|
height %Pixels #REQUIRED -- suggested height in pixels --
|
|
align %IAlign #IMPLIED -- vertical or horizontal alignment --
|
|
hspace %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested horizontal gutter --
|
|
vspace %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested vertical gutter --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT PARAM - O EMPTY>
|
|
<!ATTLIST PARAM
|
|
name NMTOKEN #REQUIRED -- The name of the parameter --
|
|
value CDATA #IMPLIED -- The value of the parameter --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!--
|
|
Here is an example:
|
|
|
|
<applet codebase="applets/NervousText"
|
|
code=NervousText.class
|
|
width=300
|
|
height=50>
|
|
<param name=text value="Java is Cool!">
|
|
<img src=sorry.gif alt="This looks better with Java support">
|
|
</applet>
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!--=================== Horizontal Rule ===================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT HR - O EMPTY>
|
|
<!ATTLIST HR
|
|
align (left|right|center) #IMPLIED
|
|
noshade (noshade) #IMPLIED
|
|
size %Pixels #IMPLIED
|
|
width %Length #IMPLIED
|
|
>
|
|
<!--=================== Paragraphs=========================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT P - O (%text)*>
|
|
<!ATTLIST P
|
|
align (left|center|right) #IMPLIED
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!--=================== Headings ==========================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!--
|
|
There are six levels of headers from H1 (the most important)
|
|
to H6 (the least important).
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT ( %heading ) - - (%text;)*>
|
|
<!ATTLIST ( %heading )
|
|
align (left|center|right) #IMPLIED
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!--=================== Preformatted Text =================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!-- excludes images and changes in font size -->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % pre.exclusion "IMG|BIG|SMALL|SUB|SUP|FONT">
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT PRE - - (%text)* -(%pre.exclusion)>
|
|
<!ATTLIST PRE
|
|
width NUMBER #implied -- is this widely supported? --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<![ %HTML.Deprecated [
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % literal "CDATA"
|
|
-- historical, non-conforming parsing mode where
|
|
the only markup signal is the end tag
|
|
in full
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT (XMP|LISTING) - - %literal>
|
|
<!ELEMENT PLAINTEXT - O %literal>
|
|
|
|
]]>
|
|
|
|
<!--=================== Block-like Quotes =================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT BLOCKQUOTE - - %body.content>
|
|
|
|
<!--=================== Lists =============================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!--
|
|
HTML 3.2 allows you to control the sequence number for ordered lists.
|
|
You can set the sequence number with the START and VALUE attributes.
|
|
The TYPE attribute may be used to specify the rendering of ordered
|
|
and unordered lists.
|
|
-->
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<!-- definition lists - DT for term, DD for its definition -->
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<!ELEMENT DL - - (DT|DD)+>
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<!ATTLIST DL
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compact (compact) #IMPLIED -- more compact style --
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>
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<!ELEMENT DT - O (%text)*>
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<!ELEMENT DD - O %flow;>
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<!-- Ordered lists OL, and unordered lists UL -->
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<!ELEMENT (OL|UL) - - (LI)+>
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<!--
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Numbering style
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1 Arabic numbers 1, 2, 3, ...
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a lower alpha a, b, c, ...
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A upper alpha A, B, C, ...
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i lower Roman i, ii, iii, ...
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I upper Roman I, II, III, ...
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The style is applied to the sequence number which by default
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is reset to 1 for the first list item in an ordered list.
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This can't be expressed directly in SGML due to case folding.
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-->
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<!ENTITY % OLStyle "CDATA" -- constrained to: [1|a|A|i|I] -->
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<!ATTLIST OL -- ordered lists --
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type %OLStyle #IMPLIED -- numbering style --
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start NUMBER #IMPLIED -- starting sequence number --
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compact (compact) #IMPLIED -- reduced interitem spacing --
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>
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<!-- bullet styles -->
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<!ENTITY % ULStyle "disc|square|circle">
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<!ATTLIST UL -- unordered lists --
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type (%ULStyle) #IMPLIED -- bullet style --
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compact (compact) #IMPLIED -- reduced interitem spacing --
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>
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<!ELEMENT (DIR|MENU) - - (LI)+ -(%block)>
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<!ATTLIST DIR
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compact (compact) #IMPLIED
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>
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<!ATTLIST MENU
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compact (compact) #IMPLIED
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>
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<!-- <DIR> Directory list -->
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<!-- <DIR COMPACT> Compact list style -->
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<!-- <MENU> Menu list -->
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<!-- <MENU COMPACT> Compact list style -->
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<!-- The type attribute can be used to change the bullet style
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in unordered lists and the numbering style in ordered lists -->
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<!ENTITY % LIStyle "CDATA" -- constrained to: "(%ULStyle|%OLStyle)" -->
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<!ELEMENT LI - O %flow -- list item -->
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<!ATTLIST LI
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type %LIStyle #IMPLIED -- list item style --
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value NUMBER #IMPLIED -- reset sequence number --
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>
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<!--================ Forms ===============================================-->
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<!ELEMENT FORM - - %body.content -(FORM)>
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<!ATTLIST FORM
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action %URL #IMPLIED -- server-side form handler --
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method (%HTTP-Method) GET -- see HTTP specification --
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enctype %Content-Type; "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
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>
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<!ENTITY % InputType
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"(TEXT | PASSWORD | CHECKBOX | RADIO | SUBMIT
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| RESET | FILE | HIDDEN | IMAGE)">
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<!ELEMENT INPUT - O EMPTY>
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<!ATTLIST INPUT
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type %InputType TEXT -- what kind of widget is needed --
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name CDATA #IMPLIED -- required for all but submit and reset --
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value CDATA #IMPLIED -- required for radio and checkboxes --
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checked (checked) #IMPLIED -- for radio buttons and check boxes --
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size CDATA #IMPLIED -- specific to each type of field --
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maxlength NUMBER #IMPLIED -- max chars allowed in text fields --
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src %URL #IMPLIED -- for fields with background images --
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align %IAlign #IMPLIED -- vertical or horizontal alignment --
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>
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<!ELEMENT SELECT - - (OPTION+)>
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<!ATTLIST SELECT
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name CDATA #REQUIRED
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size NUMBER #IMPLIED
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multiple (multiple) #IMPLIED
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>
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<!ELEMENT OPTION - O (#PCDATA)*>
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<!ATTLIST OPTION
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selected (selected) #IMPLIED
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value CDATA #IMPLIED -- defaults to element content --
|
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>
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|
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<!-- Multi-line text input field. -->
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|
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<!ELEMENT TEXTAREA - - (#PCDATA)*>
|
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<!ATTLIST TEXTAREA
|
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name CDATA #REQUIRED
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rows NUMBER #REQUIRED
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cols NUMBER #REQUIRED
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>
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|
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<!--======================= Tables ========================================-->
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|
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<!-- Widely deployed subset of the full table standard, see RFC 1942
|
|
e.g. at http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/html/rfc1942.txt -->
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|
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<!-- horizontal placement of table relative to window -->
|
|
<!ENTITY % Where "(left|center|right)">
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|
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<!-- horizontal alignment attributes for cell contents -->
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<!ENTITY % cell.halign
|
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"align (left|center|right) #IMPLIED"
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>
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|
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<!-- vertical alignment attributes for cell contents -->
|
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<!ENTITY % cell.valign
|
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"valign (top|middle|bottom) #IMPLIED"
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>
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<!ELEMENT table - - (caption?, tr+)>
|
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<!ELEMENT tr - O (th|td)*>
|
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<!ELEMENT (th|td) - O %body.content>
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|
|
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<!ATTLIST table -- table element --
|
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align %Where; #IMPLIED -- table position relative to window --
|
|
width %Length #IMPLIED -- table width relative to window --
|
|
border %Pixels #IMPLIED -- controls frame width around table --
|
|
cellspacing %Pixels #IMPLIED -- spacing between cells --
|
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cellpadding %Pixels #IMPLIED -- spacing within cells --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT CAPTION - - (%text;)* -- table or figure caption -->
|
|
<!ATTLIST CAPTION
|
|
align (top|bottom) #IMPLIED
|
|
>
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|
|
|
<!ATTLIST tr -- table row --
|
|
%cell.halign; -- horizontal alignment in cells --
|
|
%cell.valign; -- vertical alignment in cells --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ATTLIST (th|td) -- header or data cell --
|
|
nowrap (nowrap) #IMPLIED -- suppress word wrap --
|
|
rowspan NUMBER 1 -- number of rows spanned by cell --
|
|
colspan NUMBER 1 -- number of cols spanned by cell --
|
|
%cell.halign; -- horizontal alignment in cell --
|
|
%cell.valign; -- vertical alignment in cell --
|
|
width %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested width for cell --
|
|
height %Pixels #IMPLIED -- suggested height for cell --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!--================ Document Head ========================================-->
|
|
|
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<!-- %head.misc defined earlier on as "SCRIPT|STYLE|META|LINK" -->
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|
|
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<!ENTITY % head.content "TITLE & ISINDEX? & BASE?">
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|
|
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<!ELEMENT HEAD O O (%head.content) +(%head.misc)>
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|
|
|
<!ELEMENT TITLE - - (#PCDATA)* -(%head.misc)
|
|
-- The TITLE element is not considered part of the flow of text.
|
|
It should be displayed, for example as the page header or
|
|
window title.
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT ISINDEX - O EMPTY>
|
|
<!ATTLIST ISINDEX
|
|
prompt CDATA #IMPLIED -- prompt message -->
|
|
|
|
<!--
|
|
The BASE element gives an absolute URL for dereferencing relative
|
|
URLs, e.g.
|
|
|
|
<BASE href="http://foo.com/index.html">
|
|
...
|
|
<IMG SRC="images/bar.gif">
|
|
|
|
The image is deferenced to
|
|
|
|
http://foo.com/images/bar.gif
|
|
|
|
In the absence of a BASE element the document URL should be used.
|
|
Note that this is not necessarily the same as the URL used to
|
|
request the document, as the base URL may be overridden by an HTTP
|
|
header accompanying the document.
|
|
-->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT BASE - O EMPTY>
|
|
<!ATTLIST BASE
|
|
href %URL #REQUIRED
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT META - O EMPTY -- Generic Metainformation -->
|
|
<!ATTLIST META
|
|
http-equiv NAME #IMPLIED -- HTTP response header name --
|
|
name NAME #IMPLIED -- metainformation name --
|
|
content CDATA #REQUIRED -- associated information --
|
|
>
|
|
|
|
<!-- SCRIPT/STYLE are place holders for transition to next version of HTML -->
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT STYLE - - CDATA -- placeholder for style info -->
|
|
<!ELEMENT SCRIPT - - CDATA -- placeholder for script statements -->
|
|
|
|
<!--================ Document Structure ===================================-->
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % version.attr "VERSION CDATA #FIXED '%HTML.Version;'">
|
|
|
|
<![ %HTML.Deprecated [
|
|
<!ENTITY % html.content "HEAD, BODY, PLAINTEXT?">
|
|
]]>
|
|
|
|
<!ENTITY % html.content "HEAD, BODY">
|
|
|
|
<!ELEMENT HTML O O (%html.content)>
|
|
<!ATTLIST HTML
|
|
%version.attr;
|
|
>
|
|
</pre>
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<hr>
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<h2><a name=latin1>Character Entities for ISO Latin-1</a></h2>
|
|
<pre>
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|
|
|
<!-- (C) International Organization for Standardization 1986
|
|
Permission to copy in any form is granted for use with
|
|
conforming SGML systems and applications as defined in
|
|
ISO 8879, provided this notice is included in all copies.
|
|
This has been extended for use with HTML to cover the full
|
|
set of codes in the range 160-255 decimal.
|
|
-->
|
|
<!-- Character entity set. Typical invocation:
|
|
<!ENTITY % ISOlat1 PUBLIC
|
|
"ISO 8879-1986//ENTITIES Added Latin 1//EN//HTML">
|
|
%ISOlat1;
|
|
-->
|
|
<!ENTITY nbsp CDATA "&#160;" -- no-break space -->
|
|
<!ENTITY iexcl CDATA "&#161;" -- inverted exclamation mark -->
|
|
<!ENTITY cent CDATA "&#162;" -- cent sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY pound CDATA "&#163;" -- pound sterling sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY curren CDATA "&#164;" -- general currency sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY yen CDATA "&#165;" -- yen sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY brvbar CDATA "&#166;" -- broken (vertical) bar -->
|
|
<!ENTITY sect CDATA "&#167;" -- section sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY uml CDATA "&#168;" -- umlaut (dieresis) -->
|
|
<!ENTITY copy CDATA "&#169;" -- copyright sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY ordf CDATA "&#170;" -- ordinal indicator, feminine -->
|
|
<!ENTITY laquo CDATA "&#171;" -- angle quotation mark, left -->
|
|
<!ENTITY not CDATA "&#172;" -- not sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY shy CDATA "&#173;" -- soft hyphen -->
|
|
<!ENTITY reg CDATA "&#174;" -- registered sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY macr CDATA "&#175;" -- macron -->
|
|
<!ENTITY deg CDATA "&#176;" -- degree sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY plusmn CDATA "&#177;" -- plus-or-minus sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY sup2 CDATA "&#178;" -- superscript two -->
|
|
<!ENTITY sup3 CDATA "&#179;" -- superscript three -->
|
|
<!ENTITY acute CDATA "&#180;" -- acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY micro CDATA "&#181;" -- micro sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY para CDATA "&#182;" -- pilcrow (paragraph sign) -->
|
|
<!ENTITY middot CDATA "&#183;" -- middle dot -->
|
|
<!ENTITY cedil CDATA "&#184;" -- cedilla -->
|
|
<!ENTITY sup1 CDATA "&#185;" -- superscript one -->
|
|
<!ENTITY ordm CDATA "&#186;" -- ordinal indicator, masculine -->
|
|
<!ENTITY raquo CDATA "&#187;" -- angle quotation mark, right -->
|
|
<!ENTITY frac14 CDATA "&#188;" -- fraction one-quarter -->
|
|
<!ENTITY frac12 CDATA "&#189;" -- fraction one-half -->
|
|
<!ENTITY frac34 CDATA "&#190;" -- fraction three-quarters -->
|
|
<!ENTITY iquest CDATA "&#191;" -- inverted question mark -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Agrave CDATA "&#192;" -- capital A, grave accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Aacute CDATA "&#193;" -- capital A, acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Acirc CDATA "&#194;" -- capital A, circumflex accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Atilde CDATA "&#195;" -- capital A, tilde -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Auml CDATA "&#196;" -- capital A, dieresis or umlaut mark -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Aring CDATA "&#197;" -- capital A, ring -->
|
|
<!ENTITY AElig CDATA "&#198;" -- capital AE diphthong (ligature) -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Ccedil CDATA "&#199;" -- capital C, cedilla -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Egrave CDATA "&#200;" -- capital E, grave accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Eacute CDATA "&#201;" -- capital E, acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Ecirc CDATA "&#202;" -- capital E, circumflex accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Euml CDATA "&#203;" -- capital E, dieresis or umlaut mark -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Igrave CDATA "&#204;" -- capital I, grave accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Iacute CDATA "&#205;" -- capital I, acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Icirc CDATA "&#206;" -- capital I, circumflex accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Iuml CDATA "&#207;" -- capital I, dieresis or umlaut mark -->
|
|
<!ENTITY ETH CDATA "&#208;" -- capital Eth, Icelandic -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Ntilde CDATA "&#209;" -- capital N, tilde -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Ograve CDATA "&#210;" -- capital O, grave accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Oacute CDATA "&#211;" -- capital O, acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Ocirc CDATA "&#212;" -- capital O, circumflex accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Otilde CDATA "&#213;" -- capital O, tilde -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Ouml CDATA "&#214;" -- capital O, dieresis or umlaut mark -->
|
|
<!ENTITY times CDATA "&#215;" -- multiply sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Oslash CDATA "&#216;" -- capital O, slash -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Ugrave CDATA "&#217;" -- capital U, grave accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Uacute CDATA "&#218;" -- capital U, acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Ucirc CDATA "&#219;" -- capital U, circumflex accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Uuml CDATA "&#220;" -- capital U, dieresis or umlaut mark -->
|
|
<!ENTITY Yacute CDATA "&#221;" -- capital Y, acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY THORN CDATA "&#222;" -- capital THORN, Icelandic -->
|
|
<!ENTITY szlig CDATA "&#223;" -- small sharp s, German (sz ligature) -->
|
|
<!ENTITY agrave CDATA "&#224;" -- small a, grave accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY aacute CDATA "&#225;" -- small a, acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY acirc CDATA "&#226;" -- small a, circumflex accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY atilde CDATA "&#227;" -- small a, tilde -->
|
|
<!ENTITY auml CDATA "&#228;" -- small a, dieresis or umlaut mark -->
|
|
<!ENTITY aring CDATA "&#229;" -- small a, ring -->
|
|
<!ENTITY aelig CDATA "&#230;" -- small ae diphthong (ligature) -->
|
|
<!ENTITY ccedil CDATA "&#231;" -- small c, cedilla -->
|
|
<!ENTITY egrave CDATA "&#232;" -- small e, grave accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY eacute CDATA "&#233;" -- small e, acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY ecirc CDATA "&#234;" -- small e, circumflex accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY euml CDATA "&#235;" -- small e, dieresis or umlaut mark -->
|
|
<!ENTITY igrave CDATA "&#236;" -- small i, grave accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY iacute CDATA "&#237;" -- small i, acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY icirc CDATA "&#238;" -- small i, circumflex accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY iuml CDATA "&#239;" -- small i, dieresis or umlaut mark -->
|
|
<!ENTITY eth CDATA "&#240;" -- small eth, Icelandic -->
|
|
<!ENTITY ntilde CDATA "&#241;" -- small n, tilde -->
|
|
<!ENTITY ograve CDATA "&#242;" -- small o, grave accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY oacute CDATA "&#243;" -- small o, acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY ocirc CDATA "&#244;" -- small o, circumflex accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY otilde CDATA "&#245;" -- small o, tilde -->
|
|
<!ENTITY ouml CDATA "&#246;" -- small o, dieresis or umlaut mark -->
|
|
<!ENTITY divide CDATA "&#247;" -- divide sign -->
|
|
<!ENTITY oslash CDATA "&#248;" -- small o, slash -->
|
|
<!ENTITY ugrave CDATA "&#249;" -- small u, grave accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY uacute CDATA "&#250;" -- small u, acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY ucirc CDATA "&#251;" -- small u, circumflex accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY uuml CDATA "&#252;" -- small u, dieresis or umlaut mark -->
|
|
<!ENTITY yacute CDATA "&#253;" -- small y, acute accent -->
|
|
<!ENTITY thorn CDATA "&#254;" -- small thorn, Icelandic -->
|
|
<!ENTITY yuml CDATA "&#255;" -- small y, dieresis or umlaut mark -->
|
|
</pre>
|
|
<hr>
|
|
<h2><a name=charset>Table of printable Latin-1 Character codes</a></h2>
|
|
|
|
<p><img src="images/latin1.gif">
|
|
|
|
<hr>
|
|
<h2><a name=acks>Acknowledgements</a></h2>
|
|
|
|
<p>The author would like to thank the members of the W3C HTML Editorial
|
|
Review Board, members of the W3C staff, and the many other people who
|
|
have contributed to this specification.
|
|
|
|
<hr>
|
|
<h2><a name=refs>Further Reading</a></h2>
|
|
|
|
<dl>
|
|
<dt><b>The World Wide Web Consortium</b>
|
|
<dd>Further information on W3C activities and pointers to the
|
|
status of work on HTML and HTTP etc. can be found at
|
|
<a href="http://www.w3.org/">http://www.w3.org/</a>.
|
|
Further information on HTML in particular can be found at
|
|
<a href="http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MarkUp/">http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/MarkUp/</a>.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>HTML 2.0 (RFC1866)</b><dd>
|
|
By Tim Berners-Lee and Dan Connolly, November 1995.
|
|
Defines the Hypertext Markup Language Specification Version 2.0.
|
|
Available from <a href="ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1866.txt">ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1866.txt</a>.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>Form-based File Upload in HTML (RFC1867)</b><dd>
|
|
By E. Nebel and L. Masinter, November 1995. Describes extensions to
|
|
HTML 2.0 (RFC1866) to support file upload from HTML forms.
|
|
Available from <a href="ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1867.txt">ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1867.txt</a>.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>HTML Tables (RFC1942)</b><dd>
|
|
By Dave Raggett, May 1996. This defines the HTML table model. It is a superset
|
|
of the table model defined by HTML 3.2.
|
|
Available from <a href="ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1942.txt">ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1942.txt</a>,
|
|
or as a W3C working draft at <a href="http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/WD-tables">http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/WD-tables</a>.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>A Lexical Analyzer for HTML and Basic SGML</b><dd>
|
|
By Dan Connolly, June 1996. Describes lexical considerations for parsing
|
|
HTML documents. Available from <A HREF="http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/WD-html-lex">http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/WD-html-lex</A>
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)</b>
|
|
<dd>Further information of HTTP can be found at:
|
|
<a href="http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Protocols">http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Protocols</a>.
|
|
|
|
<dt><b>A Standard Default Color Space for the Internet - sRGB</b><dd>
|
|
By Michael Stokes, Mathew Anderson, Srinivasan Chandrasekar and Ricardo
|
|
Motta, November 1996. Available from:
|
|
<a href="http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Graphics/Color/sRGB.html">http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/Graphics/Color/sRGB.html</a>
|
|
This provides a precise definition for RGB that allows sRGB images
|
|
to be reproduced accurately on different platforms and media under varying
|
|
ambient lighting conditions.
|
|
|
|
</dl>
|
|
|
|
<P>
|
|
<A href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice.html#Copyright">
|
|
Copyright</A> © 1997 <A href="http://www.w3.org">W3C</A>
|
|
(<A href="http://www.lcs.mit.edu">MIT</A>,
|
|
<A href="http://www.inria.fr/">INRIA</A>,
|
|
<A href="http://www.keio.ac.jp/">Keio</A> ), All Rights Reserved. W3C
|
|
<A href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice.html#Legal Disclaimer">liability,</A>
|
|
<A href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice.html#W3C Trademarks">trademark</A>,
|
|
<A href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-documents.html">document
|
|
use </A>and
|
|
<A href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-software.html">software
|
|
licensing </A>rules apply.
|
|
</P>
|