HTML5 - New Tags (Elements)

The following tags (elements) have been introduced in HTML5 −

Tags (Elements)	Description
<article>	Represents an independent piece of content of a document, such as a blog entry or newspaper article
<aside >	Represents a piece of content that is only slightly related to the rest of the page.
<audio>	Defines an audio file.
<canvas>	This is used for rendering dynamic bitmap graphics on the fly, such as graphs or games.
<command>	Represents a command the user can invoke.
<datalist>	Together with the a new list attribute for input can be used to make comboboxes
<details>	Represents additional information or controls which the user can obtain on demand
<embed>	Defines external interactive content or plugin.
<figure>	Represents a piece of self-contained flow content, typically referenced as a single unit from the main flow of the document.
<footer>	Represents a footer for a section and can contain information about the author, copyright information, et cetera.
<header>	Represents a group of introductory or navigational aids.
<hgroup>	Represents the header of a section.
<keygen>	Represents control for key pair generation.
<mark>	Represents a run of text in one document marked or highlighted for reference purposes, due to its relevance in another context.
<meter>	Represents a measurement, such as disk usage.
<nav>	Represents a section of the document intended for navigation.
<output>	Represents some type of output, such as from a calculation done through scripting.
<progress>	Represents a completion of a task, such as downloading or when performing a series of expensive operations.
<ruby>	Together with <rt> and <rp> allow for marking up ruby annotations.
<section>	Represents a generic document or application section
<time>	Represents a date and/or time.
<video>	Defines a video file.
<wbr>	Represents a line break opportunity.

New types for <input> tag

The input element's type attribute now has the following new values −

Type	Description
color	Color selector, which could be represented by a wheel or swatch picker
date	Selector for calendar date
datetime-local	Date and time display, with no setting or indication for time zones
datetime	Full date and time display, including a time zone.
email	Input type should be an email.
month	Selector for a month within a given year
number	A field containing a numeric value only
range	Numeric selector within a range of values, typically visualized as a slider
search	Term to supply to a search engine. For example, the search bar atop a browser.
tel	Input type should be telephone number.
time	Time indicator and selector, with no time zone information
url	Input type should be URL type.
week	Selector for a week within a given year