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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Sylvia Wicks
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Sylvia Wicks
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Posted by Sylvia Wicks
Sylvia Wicks
Courses Plus Student 352 Points

what is the html document root?

What is the html tag for the document root? <html>

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

3 Answers

John Breslin
John Breslin
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John Breslin
John Breslin
16,963 Points

Root just means the base of the document:

<html></html>
Anton Gunasingam
Anton Gunasingam
6,422 Points
Anton Gunasingam
Anton Gunasingam
6,422 Points

!DOCTYPE html is the document type declaration. The tag that follows, HTML is the root.

ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points
ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points

Hi,

The root element is generally the html tag.

ellie adam
ellie adam
26,377 Points

http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/html.html