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January 22nd W3C published the latest working draft for HTML 5. The HTML 5 working group includes AOL, Apple, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nokia, Opera and many hundred other vendors.

Some of the new features in HTML 5 are functions for embedding audio, video and graphics, client-side data storage, and interactive documents. Other features are new page elements like <header>, <section>, <footer>, and <figure>.

HTML 5 improves interoperability and reduce development costs by making precise rules on how to handle all HTML elements, and how to recover from errors.

Ordered Alphabetically

4: indicates if the element is defined in HTML 4.01
5: indicates if the element is defined in HTML 5

Tag	Description	4	5
<!--...-->	Defines a comment	4	5
<!DOCTYPE>	Defines the document type	4	5
<a>	Defines a hyperlink	4	5
<abbr>	Defines an abbreviation	4	5
<acronym>	Not supported. Defines an acronym	4
<address>	Defines an address element	4	5
<applet>	Not supported. Defines an applet	4
<area>	Defines an area inside an image map	4	5
<article>	Defines an article		5
<aside>	Defines content aside from the page content		5
<audio>	Defines sound content		5
<b>	Defines bold text	4	5
<base>	Defines a base URL for all the links in a page	4	5
<basefont>	Not supported. Use CSS instead	4
<bdo>	Defines the direction of text display	4	5
<big>	Not supported. Defines big text	4
<blockquote>	Defines a long quotation	4	5
<body>	Defines the body element	4	5
<br>	Inserts a single line break	4	5
<button>	Defines a push button	4	5
<canvas>	Defines graphics		5
<caption>	Defines a table caption	4	5
<center>	Not supported. Defines centered text	4
<cite>	Defines a citation	4	5
<code>	Defines computer code text	4	5
<col>	Defines attributes for table columns	4	5
<colgroup>	Defines groups of table columns	4	5
<command>	Defines a command button		5
<datagrid>	Defines data in a tree-list		5
<datalist>	Defines a dropdown list		5
<datatemplate>	Defines a data template		5
<dd>	Defines a definition description	4	5
<del>	Defines deleted text	4	5
<details>	Defines details of an element		5
<dialog>	Defines a dialog (conversation)		5
<dir>	Not supported. Defines a directory list	4
<div>	Defines a section in a document	4	5
<dfn>	Defines a definition term	4	5
<dl>	Defines a definition list	4	5
<dt>	Defines a definition term	4	5
<em>	Defines emphasized text	4	5
<embed>	Defines external interactive content or plugin		5
<event-source>	Defines a target for events sent by a server		5
<fieldset>	Defines a fieldset	4	5
<figure>	Defines a group of media content, and their caption		5
<font>	Deprecated. Defines text font, size, and color	4
<footer>	Defines a footer for a section or page		5
<form>	Defines a form	4	5
<frame>	Not supported. Defines a sub window (a frame)	4
<frameset>	Not supported. Defines a set of frames	4
<h1> to <h6>	Defines header 1 to header 6	4	5
<head>	Defines information about the document	4	5
<header>	Defines a header for a section or page		5
<hr>	Defines a horizontal rule	4	5
<html>	Defines an html document	4	5
<i>	Defines italic text	4	5
<iframe>	Defines an inline sub window (frame)	4	5
<img>	Defines an image	4	5
<input>	Defines an input field	4	5
<ins>	Defines inserted text	4	5
<isindex>	Not supported. Defines a single-line input field	4
<kbd>	Defines keyboard text	4	5
<label>	Defines a label for a form control	4	5
<legend>	Defines a title in a fieldset	4	5
<li>	Defines a list item	4	5
<link>	Defines a resource reference	4	5
<m>	Defines marked text		5
<map>	Defines an image map	4	5
<menu>	Defines a menu list	4	5
<meta>	Defines meta information	4	5
<meter>	Defines measurement within a predefined range		5
<nav>	Defines navigation links		5
<nest>	Defines a nestingpoint in a datatemplate		5
<noframes>	Not supported. Defines a noframe section	4
<noscript>	Defines a noscript section	4	5
<object>	Defines an embedded object	4	5
<ol>	Defines an ordered list	4	5
<optgroup>	Defines an option group	4	5
<option>	Defines an option in a drop-down list	4	5
<output>	Defines some types of output		5
<p>	Defines a paragraph	4	5
<param>	Defines a parameter for an object	4	5
<pre>	Defines preformatted text	4	5
<progress>	Defines progress of a task of any kind		5
<q>	Defines a short quotation	4	5
<rule>	Defines the rules for updating a template		5
<s>	Not supported. Defines strikethrough text	4
<samp>	Defines sample computer code	4	5
<script>	Defines a script	4	5
<section>	Defines a section		5
<select>	Defines a selectable list	4	5
<small>	Not supported. Defines small text	4	5
<source>	Defines media resources		5
<span>	Defines a section in a document	4	5
<strike>	Not supported. Defines strikethrough text	4
<strong>	Defines strong text	4	5
<style>	Defines a style definition	4	5
<sub>	Defines subscripted text	4	5
<sup>	Defines superscripted text	4	5
<table>	Defines a table	4	5
<tbody>	Defines a table body	4	5
<td>	Defines a table cell	4	5
<textarea>	Defines a text area	4	5
<tfoot>	Defines a table footer	4	5
<th>	Defines a table header	4	5
<thead>	Defines a table header	4	5
<time>	Defines a date/time		5
<title>	Defines the document title	4	5
<tr>	Defines a table row	4	5
<tt>	Not supported. Defines teletype text	4
<u>	Not supported. Defines underlined text	4
<ul>	Defines an unordered list	4	5
<var>	Defines a variable	4	5
<video>	Defines a video		5
<xmp>	Not supported. Defines preformatted text	4	5

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