Standard HTML
- HTML5 is the current HTML standard
- The doctype tells the browser what version of HTML you're using
- The HTML standard is a "living standard", which means that the standard will
change to incorporate new features and updates.
- The
<meta> tag in the <head> element tells the browser additional
information about a web page such as the content type and character encoding.
- The charset attribute of the
<meta> tag tells the browser the character
encoding that is used for the web page.
- Most web pages use the utf-8 encoding for HTML files, and for the
<meta> tag
charset attribute.
- The validator at http://html5.validator.nu is a free online service that
checks pages for compliance with standards.