Introduction
examples of semantic markup
headings, paragraphs, & lists
- <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <p>, <ul>, or <li>
- Examples
<h1>About the School of Nursing</h1>
<p>The state-of-the-art School of Nursing building, which opened in November 1998, shares a 32-acre campus in downtown Baltimore with five professional schools — Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy and Social Work — as well as the University of Maryland Medical System and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The campus is a national leader in health sciences research, with $256 million in grants and contracts in fiscal year 2001. Consistent with the mission of the University of Maryland as a research institution, the School of Nursing is dedicated to creating a research intensive environment that will advance the science of nursing through research and scholarship of the highest quality.</p>
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<li><a href="about2.htm">More about the School »</a></li>
<li><a href="campus.htm" >More about the School and its Community » </a></li>
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Positive aspects
- Clear hierarchy of information (content has more semantic meaning)
- Concise markup (easy to edit)
- Content is separate from presentation
- More likely to work in off-brand browsers and future technologies