Oracle WebServer User's Guide

Special HTML Tags

The following tags or characters are options provided to make your HTML document more robust.

Address Tag

The <ADDRESS> tag is used to specify the author of a particular HTML document, and a way to contact the author ( such as an email address). The syntax is as follows:

<ADDRESS>
address_of_author
</ADDRESS>

Escape Sequences

The following ASCII characters have special meaning within HTML and cannot be used in regular text:

left angle bracket <

right angle bracket >

ampersand &

double quote "

To use these characters you must use these escape sequences:

For Use
< <
> >
& &
" "

There are several more escape sequences to support accented characters, such as the umlaut or the tilde. A full list of supported characters can be found in any number of reference manuals on HTML syntax. See also the list of on-line HTML references at the end of this chapter.