An example is the title tag which surrounds the text that is designated as the document's title:
<TITLE>All the Hockey Greats</TITLE>
Tags are usually paired as follows:
<TITLE> and </TITLE>
The ending tag looks like the beginning tag except that a forward slash precedes the text within the bracket. In this example, the tag <TITLE> tells the Web browser to use a title format, and the </TITLE> tells the browser that the title heading is complete.
A few tags, such as <P>, which is a paragraph delimiter, do not need an end tag, but most do.
HTML is not case sensitive; therefore, the previous tags could look like this:
<title>All the Hockey Greats</title>
The convention used in this document is to capitalize all HTML format tags.
Note: Extra spaces, tabs, or returns that you have added by hand are highly discouraged, and will be lost. HTML only interprets tabs, extra spaces, and returns enclosed by the <PRE> </PRE> tags. See "Preformatted Tag" for more information on this HTML option.