tag View

A command inserted into a document or file that specifies how a document or file should look when viewed. For example, HTML tags enable a user to format text using tags, bold text would make bold text.

In our bold tag example the “<b>” is considered the open tag and the “</b>” is considered the close tag. All closing tags in HTML, XML, and other markup languages must have a forward slash. If you are working with an HTML tag that does not have a closing tag, such as the <img src=“image.jpg”/> or meta tags you should include the forward slash at the end of the tag. For example, to show the Computer Hope logo with an img src tag you would use the tag below.

<img src=“http://www.designscan.me/logo.gif”/>
A tag is a short (almost always one word) description of an HTML object or link. These tags are then placed into tag clouds also known as weighted lists to show the most popular tags and allows users to find information relating to a tag more easily. In the picture to the right, is an example of a tag cloud of the text contained on this page from the TagCrowd website.