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A document description metalanguage: HTML

Information structure:

No metalanguage; entirely dependent on the author.

Document structure -- document objects:

Document: <HTML> ... </HTML>

Head: <HEAD> ... </HEAD>

Title: <TITLE> ... </TITLE>

Body: <BODY> ... </BODY>

Section headings: <H1> ... </H1>

<H2> ... </H2>

<H3> ... </H3>

<H4> ... </H4>

<H5> ... </H5>

<H6> ... </H6>

List blocks: <UL> ... </UL>

<OL> ... </OL>

List elements: <LI> ... </LI>

Table block: <TABLE> ... </TABLE>

Table row: <TR> ... </TR>

Table data (field): <TD> ... </TD>

Dafydd Gibbon, Sat Oct 17 18:58:17 CEST 1998

Document:	`<HTML> ... </HTML>`
Head:	`<HEAD> ... </HEAD>`
Title:	`<TITLE> ... </TITLE>`
Body:	`<BODY> ... </BODY>`
Section headings:	`<H1> ... </H1>`
	`<H2> ... </H2>`
	`<H3> ... </H3>`
	`<H4> ... </H4>`
	`<H5> ... </H5>`
	`<H6> ... </H6>`
List blocks:	`<UL> ... </UL>`
	`<OL> ... </OL>`
List elements:	`<LI> ... </LI>`
Table block:	`<TABLE> ... </TABLE>`
Table row:	`<TR> ... </TR>`
Table data (field):	`<TD> ... </TD>`