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Supported and Unsupported Tags

Supported and Unsupported Tags

Apr 25, 2017

This is a list of every HTML5 element and whether (and to what extent) it is supported by PresentationML. For specifics of PresentationML's implementation (including special-purpose variations), see the PresentationML page. 

Tag

Supported?

Allowed Attributes

PresentationML Support Notes

Description

<a>

Y

class

href (https only)

 

Defines a hyperlink

<audio>

Y

src (required)

href (required)

autoplay (required)

Initially only chime.mp3 will be permitted as a source attribute. The autoplay attribute is required.

Defines sound content

<b>

Y

class

Bold, contains text to be rendered in an emphasized way, by presentation as a bold font if possible.

Defines bold text

<br>

Y

N/A

Line break

Defines a single line break

<div>

Y

class

Structure and styling. Where the value of class is entity the data-entity-id attribute MUST be present and MUST refer to an element in the associated EntityJSON data structure.

Where the class is absent or any value other than entity, the data-entity-id attribute MUST NOT be present.

Defines a section in a document

<hr>

Y

N/A

Horizontal rule.

Defines a thematic change in the content

<i>

Y

class

Italic, contains text to be rendered in a (secondary) emphasized way, by presentation as an italic font if possible.

Defines a part of text in an alternate voice or mood

<img>

Y

src (required)

alt?

height?

width?

Inline image. Note that size limits will be placed on this element to fit within the wider UI.

Defines an image.

<li>

Y

class

Unordered list, should be rendered as bullet points if possible.

Defines a list item

<ol>

Y

class

Ordered list, should be rendered as a numbered list if possible.

Defines an ordered list

<p>

Y

class

Paragraph, contains text to be rendered as a single block of text.

Defines a paragraph

<span>

Y

class

See PresentationML for special-purpose variations (cashTag, hashTag, mention)

Defines a section in a document

<table>

Y

class

styles for colspan / rowspan

Simple table.

Defines a table

<td>

Y

class

 

Defines a cell in a table

<th>

Y

class

 

Defines a header cell in a table

<tr>

Y

class

 

Defines a row in a table

<!--...-->

N

 

 

Defines a comment

<!DOCTYPE> 

N

 

 

Defines the document type

<abbr>

N

 

 

Defines an abbreviation or an acronym

<address>

N

 

 

Defines contact information for the author/owner of a document

<area>

N

 

 

Defines an area inside an image-map

<article>

N

 

 

Defines an article

<aside>

N

 

 

Defines content aside from the page content

<base>

N

 

 

Specifies the base URL/target for all relative URLs in a document

<bdi>

N

 

 

Isolates a part of text that might be formatted in a different direction from other text outside it

<bdo>

N

 

 

Overrides the current text direction

<blockquote>

N

 

 

Defines a section that is quoted from another source

<body>

N

 

 

Defines the document's body

<button>

N

 

 

Defines a clickable button

<canvas>

N

 

 

Used to draw graphics, on the fly, via scripting (usually JavaScript)

<caption>

N

 

 

Defines a table caption

<cite>

N

 

 

Defines the title of a work

<code>

N

 

 

Defines a piece of computer code

<col>

N

 

 

Specifies column properties for each column within a <colgroup> element 

<colgroup>

N

 

 

Specifies a group of one or more columns in a table for formatting

<datalist>

N

 

 

Specifies a list of pre-defined options for input controls

<dd>

N

 

 

Defines a description/value of a term in a description list

<del>

N

 

 

Defines text that has been deleted from a document

<details>

N

 

 

Defines additional details that the user can view or hide

<dfn>

N

 

 

Represents the defining instance of a term

<dialog>

N

 

 

Defines a dialog box or window

<dl>

N

 

 

Defines a description list

<dt>

N

 

 

Defines a term/name in a description list

<em>

N

 

 

Defines emphasized text 

<embed>

N

 

 

Defines a container for an external (non-HTML) application

<fieldset>

N

 

 

Groups related elements in a form

<figcaption>

N

 

 

Defines a caption for a <figure> element

<figure>

N

 

 

Specifies self-contained content

<footer>

N

 

 

Defines a footer for a document or section

<form>

N

 

 

Defines an HTML form for user input

<h1> to <h6>

N

 

 

Defines HTML headings

<head>

N

 

 

Defines information about the document

<header>

N

 

 

Defines a header for a document or section

<html>

N

 

 

Defines the root of an HTML document

<iframe>

N

 

 

Defines an inline frame

<input>

N

 

 

Defines an input control

<ins>

N

 

 

Defines a text that has been inserted into a document

<kbd>

N

 

 

Defines keyboard input

<keygen>

N

 

 

Defines a key-pair generator field (for forms)

<label>

N

 

 

Defines a label for an <input> element

<legend>

N

 

 

Defines a caption for a <fieldset> element

<link>

N

 

 

Defines the relationship between a document and an external resource (most used to link to style sheets)

<main>

N

 

 

Specifies the main content of a document

<map>

N

 

 

Defines a client-side image-map

<mark>

N

 

 

Defines marked/highlighted text

<menu>

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