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html <LINK REV=Bookmark> => Link points to a particular location within a long document. The TITLE attribute is used to label the bookmark.
html <LINK REV=Banner> => This use achieves the effect that the BANNER tag will eventually provide.
html <LINK REV=StyleSheet> => Link points to a style sheet that will be used to render the current document.
html <LISTING> => <Listing> The listing tag introduces a program listing. Because of the way this tag handles embedded tags, it should no longer be used. PRE is a better choice.
example <LISTING> => <LISTING> text </LISTING>
html <MAP> => <Map> The map tag defines a client side image map It gives a name to a collection of AREA tags that are superimposed over an inline image to connect user clicks with URLs.
example <MAP> => <MAP NAME="name"> area tags </MAP>
html <MARQUEE> => <Marquee> The marquee tag defines a moving piece of text, like a movie marquee.
example <MARQUEE> => <MARQUEE> text </MARQUEE> and See: html <MARQUEE attributes> 
html <MARQUEE attributes> => ALIGN, BEHAVIOR, BGCOLOR, DIRECTION, HEIGHT, HSPACE, LOOP, SCROLLAMOUNT, SCROLLDELAY, WIDTH, VSPACE, and WIDTH
html <MARQUEE ALIGN> => The ALIGN attribute works like the ALIGN attribute in the IMG tag, setting the location of the surrounding text. "align" can be TOP, BOTTOM, or MIDDLE.
example <MARQUEE ALIGN> => <MARQUEE ALIGN="align"> text </MARQUEE> 
html <MARQUEE BEHAVIOR> => The BEHAVIOR attribute defines the way the text moves. SCROLL means that the text slides into the marquee box and out again, then repeats. SLIDE means that the text slides into the marquee box, stops when it is all in, then...
example <MARQUEE BEHAVIOR> => <MARQUEE BEHAVIOR="behavior"> text </MARQUEE>
html <MARQUEE BGCOLOR> => The BGCOLOR attribute specifies the colour to be used for the background. rrggbb is a six digit hexadecimal number with the first two digits specifying the red value, the middle two the green value, and the last two the blue...
example <MARQUEE BGCOLOR> => <MARQUEE BGCOLOR="#rrggbb"> text </MARQUEE> & <MARQUEE BGCOLOR="colorname"> text </MARQUEE>
html <MARQUEE DIRECTION> => The DIRECTION attribute is LEFT or RIGHT and specifies the direction in which the text should move.
example <MARQUEE DIRECTION> => <MARQUEE DIRECTION="direction"> text </MARQUEE>
html <MARQUEE HEIGHT> => The HEIGHT and WIDTH attributes size the marquee box. If n is an absolute number, it is taken to mean pixels; if n is followed by a % sign it is taken to mean a percentage of the width or height (as appropriate) of the screen...
example <MARQUEE HEIGHT> => <MARQUEE HEIGHT=n> text </MARQUEE> & <MARQUEE HEIGHT=n%> text </MARQUEE>
html <MARQUEE HSPACE> => The HSPACE and VSPACE attributes specify a margin to the left and right, or above and below, the marquee box, in pixels. 
example <MARQUEE HSPACE> => <MARQUEE HSPACE=n> text </MARQUEE>
html <MARQUEE LOOP> => The LOOP attribute will cause the marquee to scroll n times. LOOP="INFINITE" will cause the marquee to scroll as long as the page is open.
example <MARQUEE LOOP> => <MARQUEE LOOP=n> text </MARQUEE>
html <MARQUEE SCROLLAMOUNT> => The SCROLLAMOUNT attribute specifies, the amount, in pixels, to move the scrolling text by each time it is drawn.
example <MARQUEE SCROLLAMOUNT> => <MARQUEE SCROLLAMOUNT=n> text </MARQUEE>
html <MARQUEE SCROLLDELAY> => The SCROLLDELAY attribute specifies the delay, in milliseconds, between drawings.
example <MARQUEE SCROLLDELAY> => <MARQUEE SCROLLDELAY=n> text </MARQUEE>
html <MARQUEE VSPACE> => The HSPACE and VSPACE attributes specify a margin to the left and right, or above and below, the marquee box, in pixels.
example <MARQUEE VSPACE> => <MARQUEE VSPACE=n> text </MARQUEE>
html <MARQUEE WIDTH> => The HEIGHT and WIDTH attributes size the marquee box. If n is an absolute number, it is taken to mean pixels; if n is followed by a % sign it is taken to mean a percentage of the width or height (as appropriate) of the screen.
example <MARQUEE WIDTH> => <MARQUEE WIDTH=n%> text </MARQUEE>
html <MATH> => The math tag introduces a description of an equation or formula. math-content is not yet fully defined.
example <MATH> => <MATH> math-content </MATH>
html <MENU> => <Menu List> The menu list tag introduces a menu list, which is made up of List Item (LI) tags and does not include bullets or numbers before them. For a bulleted list use UL. For a numbered list use OL. For a list without bullets or nu...
example <MENU> => <MENU> list entries </MENU> & <MENU COMPACT> list entries </MENU> **In HTML 3.0, the same effect can be achieved with <UL PLAIN>. The MENU tag will probably be obsolete some day, so use UL.
html <META> => <META [...]> The meta tag, which is only valid in a HEAD section, declares HTTP meta name/value pairs that are associated with the HTML document. These are used to extend the HTTP header information returned by the HTTP server. The sup...
html <MULTICOL> => <Multi Column Text> This tag is a container, used to split the display into columns without using frames or tables. The attributes of this tag are: COLS, GUTTER, and WIDTH
html <MULTICOL COLS> => (COLS="number") The COLS attribute is mandatory and controls how many columns the display will be split into.
html <MULTICOL GUTTER> => (GUTTER="pixels") The GUTTER attribute controls the pixels of space between columns. It defaults to a value of 10.
html <MULTICOL WIDTH> => (WIDTH="number") The WIDTH attribute controls the width of an individual column. 
html <NOBR> => <No Break> The no break tag defines a block of text which will have no line breaks except those explicitly requested with BR or suggested with WOBR.
example <NOBR> => <NOBR> text </NOBR>
html <NOFRAMES> => <No Frames> The NOFRAMES tag specifies HTML that can be used by browsers that do not support frames. Everything between the start and end tag is ignored by browsers that understand frames.
example <NOFRAMES> => <NOFRAMES> alternate HTML </NOFRAMES>
html <NOTE> => <Note> The note tag defines text that forms a note. Many browsers display it in an indented block surrounded by blank lines with a graphic. The CLASS attribute specifies the type of note, such as a warning, caution, or note. The graphi...
example <NOTE> => <NOTE> text </NOTE>  <NOTE CLASS=class> text </NOTE>  <NOTE SRC=URL> text </NOTE>
html <OL> => <Ordered List> The ordered list tag introduces an ordered (numbered) list, which is made up of List Item (LI) tags.
example <OL> => <OL> list entries </OL> and See also: html <OL attributes>
html <OL attributes> => COMPACT, SEQNUM, CONTINUE, START, and TYPE
html <OL COMPACT> => The COMPACT attribute instructs the browser to reduce the space occupied by the list.
example <OL COMPACT> => <OL COMPACT> list entries </OL>
html <OL SEQNUM> => The SEQNUM attribute allows the first list item to be number instead of the default 1.
example <OL SEQNUM> => <OL SEQNUM=number> list entries </OL>
html <OL CONTINUE> => The CONTINUE attribute continues the numbering from the previous ordered list.
example <OL CONTINUE> => <OL CONTINUE> list entries </OL>
html <OL START> => The START attribute allows the first list item to be number instead of the default 1.
example <OL START> => <OL START=number> list entries </OL>
html <OL TYPE> => The TYPE attribute governs the way items are numbered.
example <OL TYPE> => <OL TYPE=type> list entries </OL>
html <OVERLAY> => <Overlay> Valid only within a figure (FIG), the overlay element speeds up image rendering by drawing small changes over a base figure.
html <OVERLAY attributes> => The attributes are: SRC, X, Y, HEIGHT, WIDTH, UNITS, and IMAGEMAP
html <OVERLAY SRC> => (SRC="URL") Here "URL" identifies the image source, typically a GIF or JPEG file.
html <OVERLAY X> => (X=number) This specifies the offset to the right within the base image from the top left corner, according to the UNITS attribute.
html <OVERLAY Y> => (Y=number) This specifies the offset to the bottom within the base image from the top left corner, according to the UNITS attribute.
html <OVERLAY HEIGHT> => (HEIGHT=number) This specifies the height of the image, according to the UNITS attribute.
html <OVERLAY WIDTH> => (WIDTH=number) This specifies the width of the image, according to the UNITS attribute.
html <OVERLAY UNITS> => (UNITS=units) Here units is one of pixels, meaning the width and height are measured in pixels, or en, meaning the width and height are measured in en spaces. 
html <OVERLAY IMAGEMAP> => (IMAGEMAP="URL") Points to a script that handles clicks and drags.
html <P> => <Paragraph> The paragraph tag starts a new paragraph, equivalent to two BR tags. The </P> tag is optional if the tag is only to insert space between two paragraphs, but vital when attributes (for example, ALIGN="center") are to apply to t...
example <P> => <P> text  <P> text </P>  <P ALIGN=alignment> text  <P NOWRAP> text
html <PARAM> => <Parameters> This tag, valid only within an APPLET element, passes parameters to the applet, which gets them with the getParameter() method.
example <PARAM> => <PARAM NAME="name" VALUE="value">
html <PERSON> => <Person> The person tag is used around names of people mentioned in a document. It is typically displayed just like normal text, but is used by automatic indexers
example <PERSON> => <PERSON> text </PERSON>
html <PLAINTEXT> => <Plain Text> The plain text tag defines text that should be shown in a fixed width font with the line breaks and other whitespace specified by the page author. There is no need to use <BR> tags to indicate line breaks -- line brea...
example <PLAINTEXT> => <PLAINTEXT> text </PLAINTEXT> 
html <PRE> => The preformatted text tag defines text that should be shown in a fixed width font with the line breaks and other whitespace specified by the page author. There is no need to use <BR> tags to indicate line breaks -- line breaks in the so...
example <PRE> => <PRE> text </PRE>  <PRE WIDTH=width> text </PRE>
html <Q> => <Quote> The quote tag defines text that should be displayed as a short quote. For English language documents this means the text will be surrounded with double quote (") symbols. Quotes nested within quotes will typically be displayed sur...
example <Q> => <Q> text </Q>
html <RANGE> => The range tag, which is valid only in the HEAD section, defines a range within the document. The FROM and UNTIL attributes refer to ID's of tags within the document. The SPOT tag can be used to specify a location in the document where...
example <RANGE> => <RANGE FROM="from id" UNTIL="until id">
html <SAMP> => The sample tag defines text that should be shown as literal characters in a fixed width font. It can be nested with other idiomatic or typographic tags but some browsers will respect only the innermost tag. Many browsers use the same f...
example <SAMP> => <SAMP> text </SAMP>
html <SCRIPT> => The script tag identifies script code. This can be code to be executed at this point of the document or may contain functions for use later in the document. The statements are usually but not required to be enclosed in the comment ta...
example <SCRIPT> => <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="language"><!-- script statements --></SCRIPT>
html <SELECT> => To be filled in at a later date <Form Select>
html <SMALL> => <Small Text> The small text tag defines text that should be displayed in a smaller font than usual.
example <SMALL> => <SMALL> text </SMALL>
html <SPACER> => <White Space> The SPACER tag creates an area of white space within the document. ( See: html <SPACER attributes> ) 
html <SPACER attributes> => The attributes for this tag are: TYPE, SIZE, WIDTH, HEIGHT, and ALIGN
html <SPACER TYPE> => (TYPE=type) The TYPE attribute has three possible values: horizontal (the default,) vertical, and block.
html <SPACER SIZE> => (SIZE=pixels) The SIZE attribute only applies when the spacer has a type of horizontal or vertical. Then this attribute controls the absolute width or height in pixels of the spacing added.
html <SPACER WIDTH> => (WIDTH=pixels) The WIDTH attribute only applies when the spacer is of type block. Then this attribute controls the absolute width in pixels of the spacing rectangle added.
html <SPACER HEIGHT> => (HEIGHT=pixels) The HEIGHT attribute only applies when the spacer is of type block. Then this attribute controls the absolute height in pixels of the spacing rectangle added.
html <SPACER ALIGN> => (ALIGN=alignment) The ALIGN attribute only applies when the spacer is of type block. Then this attribute controls the alignment of the spacing rectangle in exactly the same way it would control the alignment of an IMG tag. "ali...
html <SPOT> => The spot tag can be used to specify a location in the document where there is no tag.
example <SPOT> => <SPOT ID="id">
html <STRIKE> => The strikethrough tag defines text that should be shown with a horizontal line through it. It can be nested with other idiomatic or typographic tags but some browsers will respect only the innermost tag. 
example <STRIKE> => <STRIKE> text </STRIKE>
html <STRONG> => The strong tag defines text that should be strongly emphasized -- most browsers will display it in boldface. It can be nested with other idiomatic or typographic tags but some browsers will respect only the innermost tag.
example <STRONG> => <STRONG> text </STRONG>
html <SUB> => The subscript tag defines text that should be displayed in a smaller font than usual, lower on the line than usual. <Subscript>
example <SUB> => <SUB> text </SUB>
html <SUP> => The superscript tag defines text that should be displayed in a smaller font than usual, higher on the line than usual. <Superscript>
example <SUP> => <SUP> text </SUP>
html <TAB> => The horizontal tab tag is used to set or jump to a horizontal tab. The INDENT attribute specifies the amount in en spaces to set this indent to. The align attribute can be one of LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER, or DECIMAL and will position the fol...
example <TAB> => <TAB INDENT=number>  <TAB TO=tab id ALIGN=align>  <TAB DP=character>
html <TABLE> => A table consists of an optional caption (CAPTION) and one or more rows (TR.) ( See also: html <TABLE attributes> )
example <TABLE> => <TABLE attributes> table-content </TABLE>
html <TABLE attributes> => The attributes are: ALIGN, WIDTH, BORDER, CELLPADDING, BGCOLOR, BORDERCOLOR, BORDERCOLORLIGHT, BORDERCOLORDARK, VALIGN, CLEAR, NOFLOW, COLSPEC, UNITS, DP, and NOWRAP
html <TABLE ALIGN> => (ALIGN="alignment") This causes the table to be aligned in one of a variety of ways on the page. Here "alignment" should be one of, LEFT: To the left text margin, CENTER: In the centre of the page (Turns on NOFLOW.) RIGHT: To th...
html <TABLE WIDTH> => (WIDTH=number) The UNITS attribute is used to translate number.
html <TABLE BORDER> => (BORDER) This attribute causes the table to be drawn with a border. (BORDER=number) This attribute draws the table with a border number pixels thick.
html <TABLE CELLPADDING> => (CELLPADDING=number) This separates the cell borders and the text with a padding of number pixels.
html <TABLE CELLSPACING> => (CELLSPACING=number) This separates cells with a gutter of number pixels.
html <TABLE BGCOLOR> => (BGCOLOR="#rrggbb" -or- BGCOLOR="colorname") This attribute sets the background colour for the entire table. 
html <TABLE BORDERCOLOR> => (BORDERCOLOR="#rrggbb" -or- BORDERCOLOR="colorname") This attribute sets the border colour for the entire table.
html <TABLE BORDERCOLORLIGHT> => (BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#rrggbb" -or- BORDERCOLORLIGHT="colorname") This attribute sets the border highlight colour for the entire table.
html <TABLE BORDERCOLORDARK> => (BORDERCOLORDARK="#rrggbb" -or- BORDERCOLORDARK="colorname") This attribute sets the border shadow colour for the entire table.