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Address

<address> (Address)

This block element marks up text indicating authorship or ownership of information. It generally occurs at the beginning or end of a Web document and usually is rendered in italics in the absence of CSS

Standard Syntax

<address
class="class name(s)"
dir="ltr | rtl"
id="unique alphanumeric identifier"
lang="language code"
style="style information"
title="advisory text">
</address>

Attributes Introduced by HTML5

 accesskey="spaced list of accelerator key(s)"
contenteditable="true | false | inherit"
contextmenu="id of menu"
data-X="user-defined data"
draggable="true | false | auto"
hidden="hidden"
itemid="microdata id in URL format"
itemprop="microdata value"
itemref="space-separated list of IDs that may contain microdata"
itemscope="itemscope"
itemtype="microdata type in URL format"
spellcheck="true | false"
tabindex="number"

Examples

<address>PINT, Inc.<br>
2105 Garnet Ave.<br>
San Diego, CA 92109<br>
U.S.A.</address>

Compatibility

StandardsBrowser
HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5Firefox 1+, Internet Explorer 2+,
XHTML 1.0, 1.1, BasicNetscape 1+, Opera 4+, Safari 1+
Notes
  • Under HTML 2.0 and 3.2, there are no attributes for <address>.

  • An <address> tag may not contain another <address> tag.