HTML 4 Reference

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HTML 4.0 became a W3C Recommendation in December of 1997. The new HTML standard provided a number of significant improvements over previous versions of the language while emphasizing the concepts of accessibility and structural markup. In December of 1999, HTML 4.01 replaced HTML 4.0 as a minor update.

Contents

What's New in HTML 4

A summary of the new features in HTML 4 and a look at the key concepts behind the new standard.

Structure of an HTML 4 Document

An explanation of elements, tags, and attributes, and how they are used in an HTML 4 document.

Organizational List of HTML 4 Elements

All HTML 4.01 elements organized by their function.

Alphabetical List of HTML 4 Elements

All HTML 4.01 elements listed alphabetically.

HTML 4 Entities

All character entity references in HTML 4 along with their numeric character references and rendering in your browser.

Offline Versions

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