On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Larry Masinter wrote:

I'm not sure whether it's a good idea to include such references. But if you decide to do that, I suppose the descriptions (not specifications!) are currently the most detailed:

http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/schluter/doc/tags/TAG_index2.html (or the frames version http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/schluter/doc/tags/index.html )

http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/index.html

http://www.htmlcompendium.org/0frame.htm

That Netscape document actually says "Last updated: 1/26/98", where the last part is probably an odd way of writing 1998-01-26.

Neither Netscape nor Microsoft (or other browser manufacturer) has bothered documenting the HTML processed by their browsers adequately, but Microsoft has more detailed and up-to-date information:

"HTML Elements", http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/html/reference/elements.asp

I wouldn't rely on the stability of that URL too much. If I remember correctly, I have at least twice noticed that the URL which used to refer to Microsoft's description of HTML as eaten by IE stopped working. To see what I mean, use the URL http://www.microsoft.com/workshop/author/html/reference/elements.htm mentioned in the reputable Web Authoring FAQ at http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/basics.html#html-tags It's probably the previous URL which was used not long ago; using it now causes a redirection after which you find yourself in a maze: http://msdn.microsoft.com/fnf.asp