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<html>

The HTML <html> element represents the root (top-level element) of an HTML document, so it is also referred to as the root element. All other elements must be descendants of this element.

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	One `<head>` element, followed by one `<body>` element.
Tag omission	The start tag may be omitted if the first thing inside the `<html>` element is not a comment. The end tag may be omitted if the `<html>` element is not immediately followed by a comment, and it contains a `<body>` element either that is not empty or whose start tag is present.
Permitted parents	As the root element of a document, or wherever a subdocument fragment is allowed in a compound document.
Permitted ARIA roles	None
DOM interface	`HTMLHtmlElement`

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

manifest deleted: Specifies the URI of a resource manifest indicating resources that should be cached locally. See Using the application cache for details.
version deleted: Specifies the version of the HTML Document Type Definition that governs the current document. This attribute is not needed, because it is redundant with the version information in the document type declaration.
xmlns: Specifies the XML Namespace of the document. Default value is "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml". This is required in documents parsed with XML parsers, and optional in text/html documents.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>...</head>
  <body>...</body>
</html>

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of '<html>' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5 The definition of '<html>' in that specification.	Recommendation	Added support for the `manifest` attribute (deprecated later). Obsoleted the `version` attribute
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<html>' in that specification.	Recommendation	Deprectated the `version` attribute

Browser compatibility

Feature	Chrome	Edge	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari (WebKit)
Basic support	1.0	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)
`manifest`	(Yes)	?	3.0 (1.9)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)

Feature	Android	Edge	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Phone	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)
`manifest`	(Yes)	?	1.0 (1.9)	(Yes)	(Yes)	(Yes)

<html>

Attributes

Example

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also