Some recommended URL's for learning about HTML

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/
A set of definitive documents about html 4 from www.w3.org --
about www.w3.org (from their self-description):

The W3C was founded in October 1994 to lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote its evolution and ensure its interoperability. We are an international industry consortium, jointly hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Computer Science [MIT/LCS] in the United States; the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique [INRIA] in Europe; and the Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus in Japan. Services provided by the Consortium include: a repository of information about the World Wide Web for developers and users; reference code implementations to embody and promote standards; and various prototype and sample applications to demonstrate use of new technology. Initially, the W3C was established in collaboration with CERN, where the Web originated, with support from DARPA and the European Commission. For details on the joint initiative and the contributions of CERN, INRIA, and MIT, please see the statement on the joint World Wide Web Initiative.


The Consortium is led by Tim Berners-Lee, Director and creator of the World Wide Web, and Jean-François Abramatic, Chairman. W3C is funded by Member organizations, and is vendor neutral, working with the global community to produce specifications and reference software that is made freely available throughout the world.

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/intro/intro.html

A discussion and introduction of html 4.

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerP1.html

NCSA (the National Center for Supercomputer Applications) is where Mosaic (the precursor to Netscape) was developed. The Primer is elementary, but nice.

Some notes on html by DDailey