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HTML

Posted by Djibril Ndiaye
Djibril Ndiaye
185 Points

differences between markup and semantic markup

Hello everyone! I wanted to know what's the meaning of a markup in html and the differences between semantic markup and markup only. Thank you =D.

1 Answer

Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points
Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points

Here's what that means:

"HTML markup" just refers to the tags you use around different pieces of content. For example, <p> is the HTML markup you'd put around a paragraph of text. <b> or <strong> are HTML tags (markup) that you'd put around text you wanted to display in a bold font.

HTML markup is semantic if the name of the HTML tag kind of tells you what the content is inside it. For example, the <article> tag surrounds a series of paragraphs that make up a news story. The <nav> tag surrounds a list of navigation menu links.

Other HTML markup is not semantic, because the name of the HTML tag doesn't tell you much about what the content is inside it. For example, <div> is not a semantic tag because it doesn't indicate what's inside it.

That's it, nothing special. Hope that helps you.

Djibril Ndiaye
Djibril Ndiaye
185 Points

Thanks a lot Mister Butler. I really appreciated your help.