HTML5 Digital Classroom

Appendix: HTML5 Elements and Attributes

These tables provide a reference to some of the most commonly used HTML5 elements, the category of content they belong to as well as their attributes. Although there are new elements in HTML5, some elements from HTML 4.0.1 (such as b and i) have been revised.

This table is not a complete list, for complete references please visit http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/index.html.

For an overview of HTML5 syntax, be sure to read Lesson 2 “Using HTML5 markup”.

In the Attributes column, “globals” refers to common attributes that may be specified on all HTML elements. These attributes are accesskey, class, contenteditable, contextmenu, dir, draggable, dropzone, hidden, id, lang, spellcheck, style, tabindex, title, and are described in further detail below.

Table 1 List of current HTML5 elements

Element	Description	Attributes
a	Hyperlink	globals; href; target; rel; media; hreflang; type
abbr	Abbreviation	globals
address	Contact information for a page or section	globals
area	Hyperlink or dead area on an image map	globals; alt; coords; shape; href; target; rel; media; hreflang; type
article	Self-contained syndicatable or reusable composition	globals
aside	Sidebar for tangentially related content	globals
audio	Audio player	globals; src; preload; autoplay; mediagroup; loop; controls