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This metadata could include information like what language the page is written in, a title for the web page, or a link to a style sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Body Element<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The body element contains the information that the viewer will see. There are several tags included within the body element. These might include a &lt;p&gt; tag for paragraphs, &lt;ol&gt; tag for ordered lists, &lt;li&gt; tag for list items, or the &lt;a&gt; tag for links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Doctypes You May Find<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greg-rakozy-vw3Ahg4x1tY-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Two books on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and JQuery standing on a shelf next to a cactus.\" class=\"wp-image-17391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greg-rakozy-vw3Ahg4x1tY-unsplash.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greg-rakozy-vw3Ahg4x1tY-unsplash-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greg-rakozy-vw3Ahg4x1tY-unsplash-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greg-rakozy-vw3Ahg4x1tY-unsplash-20x15.jpg 20w, https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/greg-rakozy-vw3Ahg4x1tY-unsplash-385x289.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/><figcaption> HTML, also known as Hypertext Markup Language, is a cornerstone of front-end web development. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For HTML5 documents, you can declare the doctype with the code `&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;`, but you may also find legacy code written for previous doctypes. The doctype declaration prior to HTML5 was more complicated because it referred to a DTD, or Document Type Definition. Previous versions of HTML doctype declarations include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HTML 4.01 Strict<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-codemirror-blocks-code-block code-block\"><pre>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.01\/\/EN&quot;\n&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/html4\/strict.dtd&quot;&gt; <\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HTML 4.01 Transitional<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-codemirror-blocks-code-block code-block\"><pre>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional\/\/EN&quot; \n&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/html4\/loose.dtd&quot;&gt; <\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HTML 4.01 Frameset<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-codemirror-blocks-code-block code-block\"><pre>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.01 Frameset\/\/EN&quot; \n&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/html4\/frameset.dtd&quot;&gt; <\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">XHTML 1.0 Strict<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-codemirror-blocks-code-block code-block\"><pre>&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &quot;-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict\/\/EN&quot;\n&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/xhtml1\/DTD\/xhtml1-strict.dtd&quot;&gt; <\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">XHTML 1.0 Transitional<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-codemirror-blocks-code-block code-block\"><pre>&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &quot;-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional\/\/EN&quot; \n&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/xhtml1\/DTD\/xhtml1-transitional.dtd&quot;&gt; <\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">XHTML 1.0 Frameset<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-codemirror-blocks-code-block code-block\"><pre>&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &quot;-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset\/\/EN&quot; \n&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/xhtml1\/DTD\/xhtml1-frameset.dtd&quot;&gt; <\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">XHTML 1.1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-codemirror-blocks-code-block code-block\"><pre>&lt;!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC &quot;-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD XHTML 1.1\/\/EN&quot; \n&quot;http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/xhtml11\/DTD\/xhtml11.dtd&quot;&gt; <\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news? 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