Revision 934123 of <address>

<p id="Summary">{{HTMLRef}}</p>

<p>The <strong>HTML&nbsp;<code>&lt;address&gt;</code> element</strong> supplies contact information for its nearest {{HTMLElement("article")}} or {{HTMLElement("body")}} ancestor; in the latter case, it applies to the whole document.</p>

<div class="note">
<p><strong>Usage note:</strong></p>

<ul>
 <li>To represent an arbitrary address, one that is not related to the contact information, use a {{HTMLElement("p")}} element rather than the <span style="font-family:courier new">&lt;address&gt;</span> element.</li>
 <li>This element should not contain more information than the contact information, like a publication date (which belongs in a {{HTMLElement("time")}} element).</li>
 <li>Typically an <span style="font-family:courier new">&lt;address&gt;</span> element can be placed inside the {{HTMLElement("footer")}} element of the current section, if any.</li>
</ul>
</div>

<table class="properties">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row"><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories" title="HTML/Content_categories">Content categories</a></th>
   <td><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Flow content">Flow content</a>, palpable content.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Permitted content</th>
   <td><a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Flow content">Flow content</a>, but with no nested <span style="font-family:courier new">&lt;address&gt;</span> element, no heading content ({{HTMLElement("hgroup")}}, {{HTMLElement("h1")}}, {{HTMLElement("h2")}}, {{HTMLElement("h3")}}, {{HTMLElement("h4")}}, {{HTMLElement("h5")}}, {{HTMLElement("h6")}}), no sectioning content ({{HTMLElement("article")}}, {{HTMLElement("aside")}}, {{HTMLElement("section")}}, {{HTMLElement("nav")}}), and no {{HTMLElement("header")}} or {{HTMLElement("footer")}} element.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Tag omission</th>
   <td>{{no_tag_omission}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">Permitted parent elements</th>
   <td>Any element that accepts <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content" title="HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content">flow content</a>.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <th scope="row">DOM interface</th>
   <td>{{domxref("HTMLElement")}} Prior to Gecko 2.0 (Firefox 4), Gecko implemented this element using the {{domxref("HTMLSpanElement")}} interface</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Attributes">Attributes</h2>

<p><span style="line-height:21px">This element only includes the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTML/Global_attributes" style="line-height: 21px;" title="HTML/Global attributes">global attributes</a><span style="line-height:21px">.</span></p>

<h2 id="Example">Example</h2>

<pre class="brush: html">
  &lt;address&gt;
    You can contact author at &lt;a href="https://www.somedomain.com/contact"&gt;www.somedomain.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
    If you see any bugs, please &lt;a href="mailto:[email protected]"&gt;contact webmaster&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
    You may also want to visit us:&lt;br&gt;
    Mozilla Foundation&lt;br&gt;
    1981 Landings Drive&lt;br&gt;
    Building K&lt;br&gt;
    Mountain View, CA 94043-0801&lt;br&gt;
    USA
  &lt;/address&gt;
</pre>

<p>Above HTML will output:</p>

<p><img alt="Image:HTML-address.png" src="/@api/deki/files/238/=HTML-address.png" /></p>

<p>Although the address element renders text with the same default styling as the {{HTMLElement("i")}} or {{HTMLElement("em")}} elements, it is more appropriate to use when dealing with contact information, as it conveys additional semantic information.</p>

<h2 id="Specifications" name="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', 'sections.html#the-address-element', '&lt;address&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', 'sections.html#the-address-element', '&lt;address&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML4.01', 'struct/global.html#h-7.5.6', '&lt;address&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML4.01')}}</td>
   <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop("1.7")}}</td>
   <td>1.0</td>
   <td>5.12</td>
   <td>1.0</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Mobile</th>
   <th>Opera Mini</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile("1.7")}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li>Others section-related elements: {{HTMLElement("body")}}, {{HTMLElement("nav")}}, {{HTMLElement("article")}}, {{HTMLElement("aside")}}, {{HTMLElement("h1")}}, {{HTMLElement("h2")}}, {{HTMLElement("h3")}}, {{HTMLElement("h4")}}, {{HTMLElement("h5")}}, {{HTMLElement("h6")}}, {{HTMLElement("hgroup")}}, {{HTMLElement("footer")}}, {{HTMLElement("section")}}, {{HTMLElement("header")}};</li>
 <li class="last"><a class="deki-ns current" href="/en-US/docs/Sections_and_Outlines_of_an_HTML5_document" title="Sections and Outlines of an HTML5 document">Sections and outlines of an HTML5 document</a>.</li>
</ul>