Topic: HTML address Element

Summary

HTML address Element

The HTML address Element -- <address> -- is an HTML Element used to supply information about the author.

This element can be used to provide this information for the whole page or for major parts of it.


  <address>
    Made in Canada by Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
  </address>

Availability

The HTML address Element is available in: HTML 2, HTML 3, HTML 3.2, HTML 4, XHTML 1, and XHTML 1.1.

Attributes

The HTML address Element has the following HTML attributes.

align
clear
height
width

Advanced

Although the contents of the HTML address Element contains information about the author. Usually this information is only human-readable, and NOT machine-readable. However, an hCard can be used with the HTML address Element to make its contents also machine-readable.

Here is an example signature that uses the HTML address Element with an hCard.


  <address class="vcard">
      -- <a rel="author" class="fn n url" href="http://changelog.ca/"><span class="given-name">Charles</span> <span class="additional-name">Iliya</span> <span class="family-name">Krempeaux</span>, <span class="honorific-suffix">B.Sc.</span></a>
  </address>