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>The first farmer was the first man, and all <i>historic</i> nobility rests on possession and use of land.<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>Nature confounds her summer distinctions at this season. The heavens seem to be nearer the earth. The <i>elements</i> are less reserved and distinct. Water turns to ice, rain to snow. The day is but a Scandinavian night. The winter is an arctic summer.<span class="quot">”</span><br>—<a href="/who_is_henry_david_thoreau" title="Who is Henry David Thoreau?">Henry David Thoreau</a> (1817–1862)</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="/body">Body</a></li> <li><a href="/case">Case</a></li> <li><a href="/elements">Elements</a></li> <li><a href="/external">External</a></li> <li><a href="/image">Image</a></li> <li><a href="/invalid">Invalid</a></li> <li><a href="/transitional">Transitional</a></li> <li><a href="/written">Written</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>