Document Skeleton

Document Skeleton

Certain tags define the basic framework of an HTML document. While most browsers are normally good at dealing with missing tags, when style sheets are applied it is essential that the tag structures be followed. Even ignoring style sheets, it is considered good style to follow the HTML rules. The following tags make up the basic skeleton of an HTML document:

<html> indicates the start of an HTML document.
<head> indicates the start of an HTML document’s header. Title, meta definitions, ECMAScript function definition, document level style sheet definition, and external style sheet inclusion are all done in the header section.
<title> sets the title of the document. Normally this is shown in the frame of the browser window. On the phone, the title is shown in the Top Line Information Display Area.
<body> indicates the start of the body of an HTML document. The rest of the document will be embedded between the start and end <body> tags.
<meta> is used to add additional information about an HTML page. This is typically used by web walking tools, is of little use in browsers, and has no effect on the phone.