Editing HTML element (section)

==Document structure elements==

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{{term|term=html |content= {{XMLElement|html|HTML}} }}
{{defn|1= The [[root element]] of an [[HTML]] document; all other elements are contained in this. The HTML element delimits the beginning and the end of an HTML document.}}
{{defn|1= Both the start and end tags may be omitted (HTML5).<ref name=whatwg-syntax-tag-omission/>}}
{{defn|1= '''Standardized''' in [[#HTML20|HTML 2.0]]; still current.}}

{{term|term=head |content= {{XMLElement|head|Head}} }}
{{defn|1= {{ghat|(See [[#Document head elements|document head elements]] for child elements.)}}
Container for processing information and metadata for an HTML document.
}}
{{defn|1= Both the start and end tags may be omitted and inferred from child elements (HTML5).<ref name=whatwg-syntax-tag-omission/>}}
{{defn|1= '''Standardized''' in [[#HTML20|HTML 5.0]]; still current.}}

{{term|term=body |content= {{XMLElement|body|Body|}} }}
{{defn|1= {{ghat|(See [[#Document body elements|document body elements]] for child elements.)}}
Container for the displayable content of an HTML document.
}}
{{defn|1= Both the start and end tags may be omitted and inferred from child elements (HTML5).<ref name=whatwg-syntax-tag-omission/>}}
{{defn|1= '''Standardized''' in [[#HTML20|HTML 2.0]]; still current.}}
{{glossary end}}