What is HTML Markup?

HTML is a set of logical codes(markup) in parentheses that constitute the appearance of a web document and the information it contains.
E.g.
 <B> This text would appear bold in the document</B>


The codes are enclosed by less than “<” or greater than “>” brackets .These bracketed codes of the markup are referred to as tags.HTML codes are always enclosed between these tags and are not case sensitive


Most elements have an opening tag and closing tag distinguished by the “/” inside


Element


The first word or character that appears inside the “>” bracket of the opening tag are called element


E.g <Font>


Attribute


Words that follow the element and are contained inside the “>” bracket of the opening tag are called attributes. Attributes are another way of describing the elements properties. Attributes that appear to the right of the element are separated by a space, and followed by an equal sign. The value of the attribute is contained in quotes


Eg. <Font (ELEMENT) color (ATTRIBUTE) = “BLUE”(VALUE)>



Most HTML elements have more than one attribute.


E.g.<FONT COLOR= “BLUE” SIZE = “+1”>. The text would be blue and one size larger than normal</FONT>