Comparison of elements in different HTML versions

Jens Meiert published a comparison table of elements in different HTML versions. But I found it not easy on the eyes and missing some information like which elements are deprecated and which are new.

So I added some additional CSS classes and created additional overview tables. Mostly from the perspective of HTML 5.

Global table of HTML elements
Element HTML 4 XHTML 1 XHTML 1.1 HTML 5 XHTML 2 Meaning
a✓✓✓✓✓Anchor.
abbr✓✓✓✓✓Abbreviation.
access✗✗✗✗✓Accessibility mapping.
acronym✓✓✓✗✗Acronym.
action✗✗✗✗✓Action.
address✓✓✓✓✓Author information.
applet✓✗✗✗✗Java applet.
area✓✓✓✓✗Client-side image map.
article✗✗✗✓✗“Independent” section.
aside✗✗✗✓✗“Auxiliary” section.
audio✗✗✗✓✗Audio stream.
b✓✓✓✓✗Bold text style.
base✓✓✓✓✗Document base URI.
basefont✓✗✗✗✗Base font size.
bdo✓✓✓✓✗I18N: Bidi over-ride.
big✓✓✓✗✗Large text style.
blockcode✗✗✗✗✓Code block.
blockquote✓✓✓✓✓Long quotation.
body✓✓✓✓✓Document body.
br✓✓✓✓✗Forced line break.
button✓✓✓✓✗Push button.
canvas✗✗✗✓✗Bitmap canvas.
caption✓✓✓✓✓(Table) caption.
center✓✗✗✗✗<div align="center">.
cite✓✓✓✓✓Citation.
code✓✓✓✓✓Code fragment.
col✓✓✓✓✓Table column.
colgroup✓✓✓✓✓Table column group.
command✗✗✗✓✗User-invokable command.
datagrid✗✗✗✓✗Tree, list, or tabular data.
datalist✗✗✗✓✗Data list.
dd✓✓✓✓✓Definition description.
del✓✓✓✓✗Deleted text.
delete✗✗✗✗✓Delete.
details✗✗✗✓✗Additional information.
dfn✓✓✓✓✓Instance definition.
di✗✗✗✗✓Definition item.
dialog✗✗✗✓✗Conversation.
dir✓✗✗✗✗Directory list.
dispatch✗✗✗✗✓Dispatch.
div✓✓✓✓✓Generic container.
dl✓✓✓✓✓Definition list.
dt✓✓✓✓✓Definition term.
em✓✓✓✓✓Emphasis.
embed✗✗✗✓✗Integration point.
ev:listener✗✗✗✗✓Event listener.
event-source✗✗✗✓✗Events target.
fieldset✓✓✓✓✗Form control group.
figure✗✗✗✓✗Paragraph with embedded content and caption.
font✓✗✗✓✗Local change to font.
footer✗✗✗✓✗Section footer.
form✓✓✓✓✗Interactive form.
frame✓✗✗✗✗Subwindow.
frameset✓✗✗✗✗Window subdivision.
group✗✗✗✗✓Element group.
h✗✗✗✗✓Heading.
h1✓✓✓✓✗Heading.
h2✓✓✓✓✗Heading.
h3✓✓✓✓✗Heading.
h4✓✓✓✓✗Heading.
h5✓✓✓✓✗Heading.
h6✓✓✓✓✗Heading.
handler✗✗✗✗✓Handler definition.
head✓✓✓✓✓Document head.
header✗✗✗✓✗Section header.
hr✓✓✓✓✗Horizontal rule.
html✓✓✓✓✓Document root.
i✓✓✓✓✗Italic text style.
iframe✓✗✗✓✗Inline subwindow.
img✓✓✓✓✓Embedded image.
input✓✓✓✓✓Form control.
ins✓✓✓✓✗Inserted text.
insert✗✗✗✗✓Insert.
isindex✓✗✗✗✗Single line prompt.
kbd✓✓✓✓✓Text to be entered.
l✗✗✗✗✓Line of text.
label✓✓✓✓✓Form field label (XHTML 2: list label).
legend✓✓✓✓✗Fieldset legend.
li✓✓✓✓✓List item.
link✓✓✓✓✓Media-independent link.
load✗✗✗✗✓Load.
m✗✗✗✓✗Marked text.
map✓✓✓✓✗Client-side image map.
menu✓✗✗✓✗Menu list.
message✗✗✗✗✓Message.
meta✓✓✓✓✓Generic meta-information.
meter✗✗✗✓✗Scalar measurement.
model✗✗✗✗✓Model.
nav✗✗✗✓✗Navigation links section.
nl✗✗✗✗✓Navigation list.
noframes✓✗✗✗✗Alternate container.
noscript✓✓✓✓✗Alternate container.
object✓✓✓✓✓Generic embedded object.
ol✓✓✓✓✓Ordered list.
optgroup✓✓✓✓✗Option group.
option✓✓✓✓✗Selectable choice.
output✗✗✗✓✓Output.
p✓✓✓✓✓Paragraph.
param✓✓✓✓✓Named property value.
pre✓✓✓✓✓Preformatted text.
progress✗✗✗✓✗Progress of a task.
q✓✓✓✓✓Short inline quotation.
range✗✗✗✗✓Range definition.
rb✗✗✓✗✓Ruby base.
rbc✗✗✓✗✓Ruby base container.
rebuild✗✗✗✗✓Rebuild.
recalculate✗✗✗✗✓Recalculate.
refresh✗✗✗✗✓Refresh.
repeat✗✗✗✗✓Repeat.
reset✗✗✗✗✓Reset.
revalidate✗✗✗✗✓Revalidate.
rp✗✗✓✗✓Ruby parentheses.
rt✗✗✓✗✓Ruby text.
rtc✗✗✓✗✓Ruby text container.
ruby✗✗✓✗✓Ruby markup.
s✓✗✗✗✗Strike-through text style.
samp✓✓✓✓✓Sample output.
script✓✓✓✓✗Script statements.
secret✗✗✗✗✓Secret input.
section✗✗✗✓✓Document section.
select1✗✗✗✗✓Single select.
select✓✓✓✓✓Option selector.
send✗✗✗✗✓Send.
separator✗✗✗✗✓Break.
setfocus✗✗✗✗✓Set focus.
setindex✗✗✗✗✓Set index.
setvalue✗✗✗✗✓Set value.
small✓✓✓✓✗Small text style.
source✗✗✗✓✗Media resource.
span✓✓✓✓✓Generic container.
standby✗✗✗✗✓Message (while loading).
strike✓✗✗✗✗Strike-through text.
strong✓✓✓✓✓Strong emphasis.
style✓✓✓✓✓Style info.
sub✓✓✓✓✓Subscript.
submit✗✗✗✗✓Submit.
summary✗✗✗✗✓Table summary.
sup✓✓✓✓✓Superscript.
switch✗✗✗✗✓Selection.
table✓✓✓✓✓Table.
tbody✓✓✓✓✓Table body.
td✓✓✓✓✓Table data cell.
textarea✓✓✓✓✓Multi-line text field.
tfoot✓✓✓✓✓Table footer.
th✓✓✓✓✓Table header cell.
thead✓✓✓✓✓Table header.
time✗✗✗✓✗Date and/or time.
title✓✓✓✓✓Document title.
tr✓✓✓✓✓Table row.
trigger✗✗✗✗✓Trigger.
tt✓✓✓✗✗Teletype text style.
u✓✗✗✗✗Underlined text style.
ul✓✓✓✓✓Unordered list.
upload✗✗✗✗✓File upload.
var✓✓✓✓✓Variable instance.
video✗✗✗✓✗Video or movie.
New in HTML 5
Element HTML 4 XHTML 1 XHTML 1.1 HTML 5 XHTML 2 Meaning
article✗✗✗✓✗“Independent” section.
aside✗✗✗✓✗“Auxiliary” section.
audio✗✗✗✓✗Audio stream.
canvas✗✗✗✓✗Bitmap canvas.
command✗✗✗✓✗User-invokable command.
datagrid✗✗✗✓✗Tree, list, or tabular data.
datalist✗✗✗✓✗Data list.
details✗✗✗✓✗Additional information.
dialog✗✗✗✓✗Conversation.
embed✗✗✗✓✗Integration point.
event-source✗✗✗✓✗Events target.
figure✗✗✗✓✗Paragraph with embedded content and caption.
footer✗✗✗✓✗Section footer.
header✗✗✗✓✗Section header.
m✗✗✗✓✗Marked text.
meter✗✗✗✓✗Scalar measurement.
nav✗✗✗✓✗Navigation links section.
output✗✗✗✓✓Output.
progress✗✗✗✓✗Progress of a task.
section✗✗✗✓✓Document section.
source✗✗✗✓✗Media resource.
time✗✗✗✓✗Date and/or time.
video✗✗✗✓✗Video or movie.
Removed from HTML 5
Element HTML 4 XHTML 1 XHTML 1.1 HTML 5 XHTML 2 Meaning
acronym✓✓✓✗✗Acronym.
big✓✓✓✗✗Large text style.
tt✓✓✓✗✗Teletype text style.
Reintroduced in HTML 5
Element HTML 4 XHTML 1 XHTML 1.1 HTML 5 XHTML 2 Meaning
font✓✗✗✓✗Local change to font.
iframe✓✗✗✓✗Inline subwindow.
menu✓✗✗✓✗Menu list.
Unchanged in HTML 5
Element HTML 4 XHTML 1 XHTML 1.1 HTML 5 XHTML 2 Meaning
a✓✓✓✓✓Anchor.
abbr✓✓✓✓✓Abbreviation.
address✓✓✓✓✓Author information.
area✓✓✓✓✗Client-side image map.
b✓✓✓✓✗Bold text style.
base✓✓✓✓✗Document base URI.
bdo✓✓✓✓✗I18N: Bidi over-ride.
blockquote✓✓✓✓✓Long quotation.
body✓✓✓✓✓Document body.
br✓✓✓✓✗Forced line break.
button✓✓✓✓✗Push button.
caption✓✓✓✓✓(Table) caption.
cite✓✓✓✓✓Citation.
code✓✓✓✓✓Code fragment.
col✓✓✓✓✓Table column.
colgroup✓✓✓✓✓Table column group.
dd✓✓✓✓✓Definition description.
del✓✓✓✓✗Deleted text.
dfn✓✓✓✓✓Instance definition.
div✓✓✓✓✓Generic container.
dl✓✓✓✓✓Definition list.
dt✓✓✓✓✓Definition term.
em✓✓✓✓✓Emphasis.
fieldset✓✓✓✓✗Form control group.
form✓✓✓✓✗Interactive form.
h1✓✓✓✓✗Heading.
h2✓✓✓✓✗Heading.
h3✓✓✓✓✗Heading.
h4✓✓✓✓✗Heading.
h5✓✓✓✓✗Heading.
h6✓✓✓✓✗Heading.
head✓✓✓✓✓Document head.
hr✓✓✓✓✗Horizontal rule.
html✓✓✓✓✓Document root.
i✓✓✓✓✗Italic text style.
img✓✓✓✓✓Embedded image.
input✓✓✓✓✓Form control.
ins✓✓✓✓✗Inserted text.
kbd✓✓✓✓✓Text to be entered.
label✓✓✓✓✓Form field label (XHTML 2: list label).
legend✓✓✓✓✗Fieldset legend.
li✓✓✓✓✓List item.
link✓✓✓✓✓Media-independent link.
map✓✓✓✓✗Client-side image map.
meta✓✓✓✓✓Generic meta-information.
noscript✓✓✓✓✗Alternate container.
object✓✓✓✓✓Generic embedded object.
ol✓✓✓✓✓Ordered list.
optgroup✓✓✓✓✗Option group.
option✓✓✓✓✗Selectable choice.
p✓✓✓✓✓Paragraph.
param✓✓✓✓✓Named property value.
pre✓✓✓✓✓Preformatted text.
q✓✓✓✓✓Short inline quotation.
samp✓✓✓✓✓Sample output.
script✓✓✓✓✗Script statements.
select✓✓✓✓✓Option selector.
small✓✓✓✓✗Small text style.
span✓✓✓✓✓Generic container.
strong✓✓✓✓✓Strong emphasis.
style✓✓✓✓✓Style info.
sub✓✓✓✓✓Subscript.
sup✓✓✓✓✓Superscript.
table✓✓✓✓✓Table.
tbody✓✓✓✓✓Table body.
td✓✓✓✓✓Table data cell.
textarea✓✓✓✓✓Multi-line text field.
tfoot✓✓✓✓✓Table footer.
th✓✓✓✓✓Table header cell.
thead✓✓✓✓✓Table header.
title✓✓✓✓✓Document title.
tr✓✓✓✓✓Table row.
ul✓✓✓✓✓Unordered list.
var✓✓✓✓✓Variable instance.
New in XHTML 2
Element HTML 4 XHTML 1 XHTML 1.1 HTML 5 XHTML 2 Meaning
access✗✗✗✗✓Accessibility mapping.
action✗✗✗✗✓Action.
blockcode✗✗✗✗✓Code block.
delete✗✗✗✗✓Delete.
di✗✗✗✗✓Definition item.
dispatch✗✗✗✗✓Dispatch.
ev:listener✗✗✗✗✓Event listener.
group✗✗✗✗✓Element group.
h✗✗✗✗✓Heading.
handler✗✗✗✗✓Handler definition.
insert✗✗✗✗✓Insert.
l✗✗✗✗✓Line of text.
load✗✗✗✗✓Load.
message✗✗✗✗✓Message.
model✗✗✗✗✓Model.
nl✗✗✗✗✓Navigation list.
range✗✗✗✗✓Range definition.
rebuild✗✗✗✗✓Rebuild.
recalculate✗✗✗✗✓Recalculate.
refresh✗✗✗✗✓Refresh.
repeat✗✗✗✗✓Repeat.
reset✗✗✗✗✓Reset.
revalidate✗✗✗✗✓Revalidate.
secret✗✗✗✗✓Secret input.
select1✗✗✗✗✓Single select.
send✗✗✗✗✓Send.
separator✗✗✗✗✓Break.
setfocus✗✗✗✗✓Set focus.
setindex✗✗✗✗✓Set index.
setvalue✗✗✗✗✓Set value.
standby✗✗✗✗✓Message (while loading).
submit✗✗✗✗✓Submit.
summary✗✗✗✗✓Table summary.
switch✗✗✗✗✓Selection.
trigger✗✗✗✗✓Trigger.
upload✗✗✗✗✓File upload.
Only in XHTML 1.1 and XHTML 2
Element HTML 4 XHTML 1 XHTML 1.1 HTML 5 XHTML 2 Meaning
rb✗✗✓✗✓Ruby base.
rbc✗✗✓✗✓Ruby base container.
rp✗✗✓✗✓Ruby parentheses.
rt✗✗✓✗✓Ruby text.
rtc✗✗✓✗✓Ruby text container.
ruby✗✗✓✗✓Ruby markup.