ATTRIBUTES TELLS US MORE ABOUT ELEMENTS Attributes provide additional information about the contents of an element. They appear on the opening tag of the element and are made up of two parts: a name and a value , separated by an equals sign. HTML5 allows you to use uppercase attribute names and omit the quote marks, but this is not recommended. Attribute example 1 More about Attributes The attribute name indicates what kind of extra information you are supplying about the element's content. It should be written in lowercase. The value is the information or setting for the attribute. It should be placed in double-quotes. Different attributes can have different values. Here an attribute called lang is used to indicate the language used in this element. The value of this attribute on this page specifies it is in US English. The majority of attributes can only be used on certain elements, although a few attributes (such as lang ) can appear on any element. Most attribute values are