Historic Elements
The following elements were part of the early HTML developed by Tim Berners-Lee from 1989–91; they are mentioned in HTML Tags, but deprecated in HTML 2.0 and were never part of HTML standards.
... </code></del> (obsolete)</dt> <dt><del><code><xmp>...</xmp></code></del> (obsolete)</dt> <dd>These elements were used to show fixed-width text; their use was replaced by <code>pre</code>.</dd> <dd><b><code>plaintext</code></b> <i>cannot</i> have an end tag – it terminates the markup and causes the rest of the document to be parsed as if it were plain text.</dd> <dd>These existed in <i>HTML Tags</i>; <b>deprecated</b> in HTML 2.0; <b>invalid</b> in HTML 4.0.</dd> <dt><del><code><nextid>...</nextid></code></del> (obsolete)</dt> <dd>This element related to the original NeXT http server, and was not used once the web had spread to other systems.</dd> <dd><b><code>nextid</code></b> existed in <i>HTML Tags</i> (described as obsolete); <b>deprecated</b> in HTML 2.0; <b>invalid</b> in HTML 3.2 and later.</dd> </dl></div><p>Read more about this topic: <a href="/html_element">HTML Element</a></p> </div> <div class="left_space_holder"> <p><h3>Famous quotes containing the words <span class="quote_words">historic</span> and/or <span class="quote_words">elements</span>:</h3></p><ul> <p id="quote_ext"><span class="quot">“</span>It is, all in all, a <i>historic</i> error to believe that the master makes the school; the students make it!<span class="quot">”</span><br>—<a href="/who_is_robert_musil" title="Who is Robert Musil?">Robert Musil</a> (1880–1942)</p> <p id="quote_ext"><span class="quot">“</span>The <i>elements</i> of success in this business do not differ from the <i>elements</i> of success in any other. Competition is keen and bitter. Advertising is as large an element as in any other business, and since the usual avenues of successful exploitation are closed to the profession, the adage that the best advertisement is a pleased customer is doubly true for this business.<span class="quot">”</span><br>—<a href="/who_is_madeleine" title="Who is Madeleine?">Madeleine</a> [Blair], U.S. prostitute and “madam.” Madeleine, ch. 5 (1919)</p></ul> </div> </div> <div id="right"> <div class="right_holder"> <div class="related">Terms related to <i>html element</i>:</div> <div class="terms">Related Phrases</div> <li><a href="/document_head">Document Head</a></li> <li><a href="/element_represents">Element Represents</a></li> <li><a href="/empty_elements">Empty Elements</a></li> <li><a href="/head_element">Head Element</a></li> <li><a href="/html_tags">Html Tags</a></li> <li><a href="/meta_element">Meta Element</a></li> <li><a href="/start_tag">Start Tag</a></li> <li><a href="/text_elements">Text Elements</a></li> <li><a href="/user_agents">User Agents</a></li> <div class="terms">Related Words</div> <li><a href="/agents">Agents</a></li> <li><a href="/block">Block</a></li> <li><a href="/document">Document</a></li> <li><a href="/represents">Represents</a></li> <li><a href="/specifies">Specifies</a></li> <li><a href="/start">Start</a></li> <li><a href="/status">Status</a></li> <li><a href="/tag">Tag</a></li> <li><a href="/text">Text</a></li> <li><a href="/transitional">Transitional</a></li> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="foot"> <span>Source(s):</span> <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/elements" target="_blank">Wikipedia Elements</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/">Creative Commons</a>) </ul> </div> <div class="serve_holder"> <div class="copy"> Copyright © 2025 <a href="http://www./"></a> • <a href="/Contact_Us" rel="nofollow">Contact Us</a> • <a href="/Privacy_Policy" rel="nofollow">Privacy Policy</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </center> </body> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-69789811-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> </html>