More on Tags

We just learned that tags which mark an ending have a / immediately after <, as in </.

There are two kinds of tags. Those tags which require an ending, are called range tags. They are called "range tags" because they cover a range of text. Examples of range tags are <HTML>, <HEAD>, <BODY>, <TITLE>. Range tags require ending tags (</HTML>, </HEAD>, </BODY>, </TITLE>)

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>My Home Page</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<!-- Written by me -->
<!-- Created:  yesterday -->
<!-- Last modified:  today -->

<BODY>

This is where the text goes. 

</BODY>
</HTML>

Those tags which do not require an ending, are called point tags. They are called "point tags" because they mark up the page only at a specific point on the page. We will learn about three specific point tags in the next chapter.

Point tags and range tags may also have attributes.

What are attributes?