A.2. The Grammar
The
grammar is a composite of the HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 standard tags
and special extensions to the language as supported by the latest
versions of Netscape Navigator and Microsoft's Internet
Explorer.
The rules are in alphabetical order. The starting rule for an entire
document is named html_document.
a_tag
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<a>
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{a_content }0
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</a>
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a_content[89]
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heading
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text
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abbr_tag
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<abbr> text
</abbr>
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acronym_tag
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<acronym> text
</acronym>
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address_tag
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<address>
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{address_content }0
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</address>
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address_content
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p_tag
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text
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applet_content
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::=
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{<param>}0
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body_content
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applet_tag
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::=
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<applet>
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applet_content
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</applet>
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b_tag
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<b> text
</b>
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basefont_tag
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<basefont>
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body_content
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</basefont>
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bdo_tag
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::=
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<bdo> text
</bdo>
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big_tag
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::=
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<big> text
</big>
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blink_tag
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::=
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<blink> text
</blink>
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block
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::=
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{block_content }0
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block_content
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::=
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<isindex>
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basefont_tag
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blockquote_tag
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center_tag
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dir_tag
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div_tag
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dl_tag
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form_tag
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listing_tag
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menu_tag
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multicol_tag
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nobr_tag
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ol_tag
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p_tag
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pre_tag
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table_tag
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ul_tag
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xmp_tag
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blockquote_tag
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<blockquote>
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body_content
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</blockquote>
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body_content
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<bgsound>
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<hr>
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address_tag
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block
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del_tag
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heading
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ins_tag
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layer_tag
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map_tag
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marquee_tag
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text
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body_tag
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<body>
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{body_content }0
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</body>
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caption_tag
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::=
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<caption>
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body_content
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</caption>
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center_tag
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::=
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<center>
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body_content
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</center>
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cite_tag
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::=
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<cite> text
</cite>
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code_tag
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::=
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<code> text
</code>
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colgroup_content
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::=
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{<col>}0
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colgroup_tag
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::=
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<colgroup>
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colgroup_content
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content_style
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::=
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abbr_tag
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acronym_tag
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cite_tag
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code_tag
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dfn_tag
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em_tag
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kbd_tag
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q_tag
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strong_tag
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var_tag
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dd_tag
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::=
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<dd>
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flow
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</dd>
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del_tag
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::=
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<del>
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flow
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</del>
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dfn_tag
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::=
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<dfn> text
</dfn>
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dir_tag[90]
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::=
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<dir>
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{ li_tag }
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</dir>
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div_tag
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::=
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<div>
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body_content
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</div>
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dl_content
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::=
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dt_tag dd_tag
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dl_tag
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::=
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<dl>
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{dl_content }
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</dl>
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dt_tag
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::=
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<dt>
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text
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</dt>
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em_tag
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::=
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<em> text
</em>
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fieldset_tag
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::=
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<fieldset>
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[ legend_tag ]
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{ form_content }0
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</fieldset>
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flow
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::=
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{flow_content }0
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flow_content
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::=
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block
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text
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font_tag
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::=
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<font> style_text
</font>
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form_content[91]
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::=
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<input>
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<keygen>
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body_content
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fieldset_tag
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label_tag
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select_tag
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textarea_tag
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form_tag
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::=
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<form>
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{form_content }0
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</form>
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frameset_content
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::=
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<frame>
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noframes_tag
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frameset_tag
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::=
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<frameset>
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{frameset_content }0
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</frameset>
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h1_tag
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::=
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<h1> text
</h1>
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h2_tag
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::=
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<h2> text
</h2>
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h3_tag
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::=
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<h3> text
</h3>
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h4_tag
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::=
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<h4> text
</h4>
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h5_tag
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::=
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<h5> text
</h5>
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h6_tag
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::=
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<h6> text
</h6>
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head_content
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::=
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<base>
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<isindex>
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<link>
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<meta>
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<nextid>
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style_tag
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title_tag
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script_tag |
head_tag
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::=
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<head>
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{head_content }0
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</head>
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heading
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h1_tag
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h2_tag
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h3_tag
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h4_tag
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h5_tag
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h6_tag
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html_content
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head_tag body_tag
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head_tag frameset_tag
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html_document
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::=
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html_tag
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html_tag
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::=
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<html>
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html_content
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</html>
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i_tag
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::=
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<i> text
</i>
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ilayer_tag
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::=
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<ilayer>
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body_content
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</ilayer>
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ins_tag
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::=
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<ins>
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flow
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</ins>
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kbd_tag
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::=
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<kbd> text
</kbd>
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label_content[92]
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::=
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<input>
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body_content
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select_tag
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textarea_tag
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label_tag
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::=
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<label>
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{label_content }0
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</form>
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layer_tag
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::=
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<layer>
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body_content
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</layer>
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legend_tag
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::=
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<legend> text
</legend>
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li_tag
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::=
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<li>
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flow
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</li>
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listing_tag
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::=
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<listing>
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literal_text
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</listing>
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map_content
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::=
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{<area>}0
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map_tag
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::=
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<map>
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map_content
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</map>
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marquee_tag
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<marquee>
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style_text
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</marquee>
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menu_tag[93]
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::=
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<menu>
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{li_tag }0
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</menu>
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multicol_tag
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::=
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<multicol>
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body_content
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</multicol>
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nobr_tag
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::=
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<nobr> text
</nobr>
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noembed_tag
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::=
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<noembed> text
</noembed>
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noframes_tag
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::=
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<noframes>
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{body_content }0
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</noframes>
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noscript_tag
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::=
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<noscript> text
</noscript>
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object_content
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::=
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{<param>}0
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body_content
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object_tag
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::=
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<object>
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object_content
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</object>
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ol_tag
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::=
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<ol>
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{li_tag }
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</ol>
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optgroup_tag
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::=
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<optgroup>
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{option_tag }0
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</optgroup>
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option_tag
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::=
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<option>
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plain_text
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</option>
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p_tag
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::=
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<p>
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text
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</p>
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physical_style
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b_tag
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bdo_tag
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big_tag
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blink_tag
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font_tag
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i_tag
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s_tag
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small_tag
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span_tag
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strike_tag
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sub_tag
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sup_tag
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tt_tag
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u_tag
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pre_content
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<br>
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<hr>
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a_tag
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style_text
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pre_tag
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::=
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<pre>
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{pre_content }0
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</pre>
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q_tag
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::=
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<q> text
</q>
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s_tag
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::=
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<s> text
</s>
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samp_tag
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::=
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<samp> text
</samp>
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script_tag[94]
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::=
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<script> plain_text
</script>
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select_content
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::=
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optgroup_tag
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option_tag
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select_tag
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::=
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<select>
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{select_content}0
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</select>
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server_tag[95]
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::=
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<server> plain_text
</server>
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small_tag
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::=
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<small> text
</small>
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span_tag
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::=
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<span> text
</span>
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strike_tag
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::=
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<strike> text
</strike>
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strong_tag
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::=
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<strong> text
</strong>
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style_tag
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::=
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<style> plain_text
</style>
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sub_tag
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::=
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<sub> text
</sub>
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sup_tag
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::=
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<sup> text
</sup>
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table_cell
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::=
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td_tag
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th_tag
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table_content
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::=
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<tbody>
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<tfoot>
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<thead>
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tr_tag
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table_tag
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::=
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<table>
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[caption_tag ]
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{colgroup_tag }0
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{table_content }0
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</table>
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td_tag
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<td>
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body_content
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</td>
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text
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::=
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{text_content }0
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text_content
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::=
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<br>
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<embed>
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<iframe>
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<img>
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<spacer>
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<wbr>
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a_tag
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applet_tag
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content_style
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ilayer_tag
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noembed_tag
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noscript_tag
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object_tag
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plain_text
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physical_style
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textarea_tag
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::=
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<textarea> plain_text
</textarea>
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th_tag
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::=
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<th>
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body_content
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</th>
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title_tag
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::=
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<title> plain_text
</title>
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tr_tag
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::=
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<tr>
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{table_cell }0
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</tr>
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tt_tag
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::=
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<tt> text
</tt>
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u_tag
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::=
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<u> text
</u>
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ul_tag
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::=
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<ul>
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{li_tag }
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</ul>
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var_tag
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::=
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<var> text
</var>
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xmp_tag
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::=
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<xmp>
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literal_text
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</xmp>
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