What is HTML, and where can I find a guide for creating HTML documents?

What is HTML, and where can I find a guide for creating HTML documents?

HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the formatting language for a hypertext or hypermedia document, viewable with a web browser such as Netscape, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, or Lynx. HTML documents are plain ASCII text and can be created with a text editor, but they contain formatting codes and links to other documents and media (including images and sounds) which can be followed using the web browser.

For help getting started with HTML, see webmonkey's "Authoring: HTML Basics" page at:
http://webmonkey.com/webmonkey/authoring/html_basics/index.html

For a complete index of all HTML elements and attributes, see the following pages from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C):
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/index/elements.html http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/index/attributes.html

For Indiana University-specific information and help, see the IU Webmaster web page at:
http://www.indiana.edu/~wmhome/