The grammar is a composite of the HTML 2.0 standard tags and special extensions to the language as enabled by the latest versions of NCSA Mosaic, Netscape Communication's Netscape Navigator, and Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
The rules are in alphabetical order. The starting rule for an entire document is named html_document.
a_tag | ::= | <a> | |
{a_content}_0 | |||
</a> | |||
a_content[1] | ::= | heading | |
| | text | ||
address_tag | ::= | <address> | |
{address_content}_0 | |||
</address> | |||
address_content | ::= | p_tag | |
| | text | ||
applet_content | ::= | {<param>}_0 | |
body_content | |||
applet_tag | ::= | <applet> | |
applet_content | |||
</applet> | |||
b_tag | ::= | <b> text </b> | |
basefont_tag | ::= | <basefont> | |
body_content | |||
</basefont> | |||
big_tag | ::= | <big> | |
text | |||
</big> | |||
block | ::= | {block_content }_0 | |
block_content | ::= | <isindex> | |
| | basefont_tag | ||
| | blockquote_tag | ||
| | center_tag | ||
| | dir_tag | ||
| | div_tag | ||
| | dl_tag | ||
| | form_tag | ||
| | listing_tag | ||
| | menu_tag | ||
| | nobr_tag | ||
| | ol_tag | ||
| | p_tag | ||
| | pre_tag | ||
| | table_tag | ||
| | ul_tag | ||
| | xmp_tag | ||
blockquote_tag | ::= | <blockquote> | |
body_content | |||
</blockquote> | |||
body_content | ::= | <bgsound> | |
| | <hr> | ||
| | address_tag | ||
| | block | ||
| | heading | ||
| | map_tag | ||
| | marquee_tag | ||
| | text | ||
body_tag | ::= | <body> | |
{body_content }_0 | |||
</body> | |||
caption_tag | ::= | <caption> | |
body_content | |||
</caption> | |||
center_tag | ::= | <center> | |
body_content | |||
</center> | |||
cite_tag | ::= | <cite> text </cite> | |
code_tag | ::= | <code> text </code> | |
content_style | ::= | cite_tag | |
| | code_tag | ||
| | dfn_tag | ||
| | em_tag | ||
| | kbd_tag | ||
| | strong_tag | ||
| | var_tag | ||
dd_tag | ::= | <dd> | |
flow | |||
</dd> | |||
dir_tag[2] | ::= | <dir> | |
{ li_tag } | |||
</dir> | |||
dfn_tag | ::= | <dfn> text </dfn> | |
div_tag | ::= | <div> | |
body_content | |||
</div> | |||
dl_content | ::= | dt_tag dd_tag | |
dl_tag | ::= | <dl> | |
{dl_content } | |||
</dl> | |||
dt_tag | ::= | <dt> | |
text | |||
</dt> | |||
em_tag | ::= | <em> text </em> | |
flow | ::= | {flow_content }_0 | |
flow_content | ::= | block | |
| | text | ||
font_tag | ::= | <font> style_text </font> | |
form_content[3] | ::= | <input> | |
| | body_content | ||
| | select_tag | ||
| | textarea_tag | ||
form_tag | ::= | <form> | |
{form_content }_0 | |||
</form> | |||
frameset_content | ::= | <frame> | |
| | noframes_tag | ||
frameset_tag | ::= | <frameset> | |
{frameset_content }_0 | |||
</frameset> | |||
h1_tag | ::= | <h1> text </h1> | |
h2_tag | ::= | <h2> text </h2> | |
h3_tag | ::= | <h3> text </h3> | |
h4_tag | ::= | <h4> text </h4> | |
h5_tag | ::= | <h5> text </h5> | |
h6_tag | ::= | <h6> text </h6> | |
head_content | ::= | <base> | |
| | <isindex> | ||
| | <link> | ||
| | <meta> | ||
| | <nextid> | ||
| | title_tag | ||
head_tag | ::= | <head> | |
{head_content }_0 | |||
</head> | |||
heading | ::= | h1_tag | |
| | h2_tag | ||
| | h3_tag | ||
| | h4_tag | ||
| | h5_tag | ||
| | h6_tag | ||
html_content | ::= | head_tag body_tag | |
| | head_tag frameset_tag | ||
html_document | ::= | html_tag | |
html_tag | ::= | <html> | |
html_content | |||
</html> | |||
i_tag | ::= | <i> text </i> | |
kbd_tag | ::= | <kbd> text </kbd> | |
li_tag | ::= | <li> | |
flow | |||
</li> | |||
listing_tag | ::= | <listing> | |
literal_text | |||
</listing> | |||
map_content | ::= | {<area>}_0 | |
map_tag | ::= | <map> | |
map_content | |||
</map> | |||
marquee_tag | ::= | <marquee> | |
style_text | |||
</marquee> | |||
menu_tag[4] | ::= | <menu> | |
{li_tag } | |||
</menu> | |||
nobr_tag | ::= | <nobr> text </nobr> | |
noframes_tag | ::= | <noframes> | |
{body_content }_0 | |||
</noframes> | |||
ol_tag | ::= | <ol> | |
{li_tag }_1 | |||
</ol> | |||
option_tag | ::= | <option> | |
plain_text | |||
</option> | |||
p_tag | ::= | <p> | |
text | |||
</p> | |||
physical_style | ::= | b_tag | |
| | big_tag | ||
| | i_tag | ||
| | font_tag | ||
| | small_tag | ||
| | s_tag | ||
| | strike_tag | ||
| | sub_tag | ||
| | sup_tag | ||
| | tt_tag | ||
| | u_tag | ||
pre_content | ::= | <br> | |
| | <hr> | ||
| | a_tag | ||
| | style_text | ||
pre_tag | ::= | <pre> | |
{pre_content }_0 | |||
</pre> | |||
s_tag | ::= | <s> text </s> | |
strike_tag | ::= | <strike> text </strike> | |
select_tag | ::= | <select> | |
{option_tag } | |||
</select> | |||
small_tag | ::= | <small> text </small> | |
strong_tag | ::= | <strong> text </strong> | |
sub_tag | ::= | <sub> text </sub> | |
sup_tag | ::= | <sup> text </sup> | |
table_cell | ::= | td_tag | |
| | th_tag | ||
table_tag | ::= | <table> | |
[caption_tag] | |||
{tr_tag }_0 | |||
</table> | |||
td_tag | ::= | <td> | |
body_content | |||
</td> | |||
text | ::= | {text_content }_0 | |
text_content | ::= | <br> | |
| | <img> | ||
| | <wbr> | ||
| | a_tag | ||
| | applet_tag | ||
| | content_style | ||
| | plain_text | ||
| | physical_style | ||
textarea_tag | ::= | <textarea> plain_text </textarea> | |
th_tag | ::= | <th> | |
body_content | |||
</th> | |||
title_tag | ::= | <title> plain_text </title> | |
tr_tag | ::= | <tr> | |
{table_cell}_0 | |||
</tr> | |||
tt_tag | ::= | <tt> text </tt> | |
u_tag | ::= | <u> text </u> | |
ul_tag | ::= | <ul> | |
{li_tag } | |||
</ul> | |||
var_tag | ::= | <var> text </var> | |
wbr_tag | ::= | <wbr> | |
xmp_tag | ::= | <xmp> | |
literal_text | |||
</xmp> | |||
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