HTML5 Introduction
What is New in HTML5?
<!DOCTYPE html>
The character encoding (charset) declaration is also very simple:
<meta charset="UTF-8">
A Simple HTML Document
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
Content of the document......
</body>
</html>
The default character encoding in HTML5 is UTF-8.
New HTML5 Elements
The most interesting new HTML5 elements are:
New semantic elements like <header>, <footer>, <article>, and <section>.
New attributes of form elements like number, date, time, calendar, and range.
New graphic elements: <svg> and <canvas>.
New multimedia elements: <audio> and <video>.