Components of HTML Elements

Markup for a Hypertext link:

<a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard</a>

How it would render in a web browser:
Harvard Link in a web browser


element anatomy


Start Tag
<a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard</a>

Element Name
<a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard</a>

Attribute
<a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard</a>

Attribute Value
<a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard</a>

Content
<a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard</a>

End Tag
<a href="http://www.harvard.edu/">Harvard</a>