HTML <html> tag

The <html> tag represents root of an HTML document hence also called as root element. It is a container of all elements (except <!Doctype> ) such as <body>, <head> and each element which appears in an HTML document. It tells the browser that the document is an HTML document.

Before the <html> tag we can only use <!Doctype> declaration which gives information about the HTML version to the browser.

Syntax:

<html>....</html>

Following are some specifications about the HTML <html> tag

Display	None
Start tag/End tag	Both Start and End tag
Usage	Structural

Example 1

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
<head>  
<title>HTML tag</title>  
</head>  
<body>  
<h2>Example of HTML tag</h2>  
<p> Write your main Content within Body of the HTML document. </p>  
</body>  
</html>

Output:

Attribute

Attribute	Value	Description
xmlns	http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml	It specifies the XML namespace for the document(Not required)
manifest	URL	It specifies the URL of the resource manifest indicates resource which should be cached locally.

Global attribute

The <html> tag supports the global attributes in HTML

Event attribute

The <html> tag supports the event attributes in HTML.