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>If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side, and admit of being compared; when the energies of all men are searched by fear and by hope; when the <i>historic</i> glories of the old can be compensated by the rich possibilities of the new era?<span class="quot">”</span><br>—<a href="/who_is_ralph_waldo_emerson" title="Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?">Ralph Waldo Emerson</a> (1803–1882)</p> <p id="quote_ext"><span class="quot">“</span>Let us have a fair field! This is all we ask, and we will be content with nothing less. The finger of evolution, which touches everything, is laid tenderly upon women. They have on their side all the <i>elements</i> of progress, and its spirit stirs within them. They are fighting, not for themselves alone, but for the future of humanity. Let them have a fair field!<span class="quot">”</span><br>—<a href="/who_is_tennessee_claflin" title="Who is Tennessee Claflin?">Tennessee Claflin</a> (1846–1923)</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="/body">Body</a></li> <li><a href="/comment">Comment</a></li> <li><a href="/document">Document</a></li> <li><a href="/elements">Elements</a></li> <li><a href="/invalid">Invalid</a></li> <li><a href="/longdesc">Longdesc</a></li> <li><a href="/tag">Tag</a></li> <li><a href="/tags">Tags</a></li> <li><a href="/valid">Valid</a></li> <li><a href="/xhtml">Xhtml</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 © 2026 <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>