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Red rows represent deprecated elements.

The DTD cell shows which XHTML 1.0 standards allow the element. S = Strict, T = Transitional, F = Frameset.

Element	Description	DTD
<!-- ... -->	Used to create a comment	STF
<!DOCTYPE>	Used to define the document type	STF
<a>	Used to create a link	STF
<abbr>	Used to define an abbreviation	STF
<accronym>	Used to define an accronym	STF
<address>	Used to create an address link	STF
<applet>	Used to embed an applet	TF
<area />	Used to define a region in an image map	STF
<b>	Used to create bold text	STF
<base />	Used to define the base url for links in a page	STF
<basefont>	Used to define the default font in a page	TF
<bdo>	Used to set the direction of text	STF
<big>	Used to create bigger text	STF
<blockquote>	Used to create a blocked quotation	STF
<body>	Used to define the body of a page	STF
<br />	Used to create a single line break	STF
<button>	Used to create a button	STF
<caption>	Used to create a table caption	STF
<center>	Used to center text and objects	TF
<cite>	Used to create a citation	STF
<code>	Used to create text in the style of code	STF
<col>	Used to define columns in a table	STF
<colgroup>	Used to define groups of columns in a table	STF
<dd>	Used to create a definition of a term	STF
<del>	Used to create a strike through text	STF
<dir>	Used to define a directory list	TF
<div>	Used to create a division in a page	STF
<dfn>	Used to create a definition	STF
<dl>	Used to create a definition list	STF
<dt>	Used to define the term of a definition	STF
<em>	Used to create emphasized text	STF
<fieldset>	Used to draw a box around the elements inside	STF
<font>	Used to define font attributes	TF
<form>	Used to create a form	STF
<frame>	Used to create a frame	F
<frameset>	Used to create a set of frames	F
<h1>	Used to create a heading	STF
<h2>	Used to create a heading	STF
<h3>	Used to create a heading	STF
<h4>	Used to create a heading	STF
<h5>	Used to create a heading	STF
<h6>	Used to create a heading	STF
<head>	Used to define the head of a documet	STF
<hr>	Used to create a horizontal rule	STF
<html>	Used to define an HTML document	STF
<i>	Used to create italic text	STF
<iframe>	Used to create an inline frame	TF
<img />	Used to define an image	STF
<input>	Used to create an input field	STF
<ins>	Used to insert and underline text	STF
<isindex>	Used to create a single line text input control	TF
<kbd>	Used to create text in the "keyboard" style	STF
<label>	Used to label a form control	STF
<legend>	Used to create a title in a fieldset	STF
<li>	Used to create a list item	STF
<link />	Used to external files such as style sheets	STF
<map>	Used to create an image map	STF
<menu>	Used to define a menu list	TF
<meta>	Used to define meta information	STF
<noframes>	Used to create text for browsers without frames	TF
<noscript>	Used to create text when a script is not supported	STF
<object>	Used to create an embedded object	STF
<ol>	Used to create an ordered list	STF
<optgroup>	Used to create an option group	STF
<option>	Used to create an option in a list	STF
<p>	Used to create a paragraph	STF
<param>	Used to define a parameter for an object	STF
<pre>	Used to allow preformatted text	STF
<q>	Used to create a quotation	STF
<s>	Used to create strike-through text	TF
<samp>	Used to create sample computer code	STF
<script>	Used to define a script	STF
<select>	Used to a drop-down list	STF
<small>	Used to create smaller text	STF
<span>	Used to define a section in a document	STF
<strike>	Used to create strike-through text	TF
<strong>	Used to create strong text	STF
<style>	Used to define a style sheet	STF
<sub>	Used to create subscript	STF
<sup>	Used to create superscript	STF
<table>	Used to create a table	STF
<tbody>	Used to define the body of a table	STF
<td>	Used to create a table cell	STF
<textarea>	Used to create a text-area input	STF
<tfoot>	Used to define the foot of a table	STF
<th>	Used to create a table header	STF
<thead>	Used to define the head of a table	STF
<title>	Used to define the title of a document	STF
<tr>	Used to create a table row	STF
<tt>	Used to create teletype text	STF
<u>	Used to create underlined text	TF
<ul>	Used to create an unordered list	STF
<var>	Used to define a variable	STF
<xmp>	Used to define preformatted text