#summary address element
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== Usage ==

The address element represents the contact information for the section it applies to. If it applies to the [BodyElement body element], then it instead applies to the document as a whole.

{{{
<address>Copyright &copy; 2007
<a href="mailto:john@example.com">John Doe</a>
</address>
}}}

== Attributes ==

  * [AddressAlignAttribute align]
  * [AddressClearAttribute clear]
  * [AddressHeightAttribute height]
  * [AddressWidthAttribute width]

== Browser compatibility ==

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|| *Test* || *IE8* || *IE7* || *IE6* || *FF3* || *FF2* || *Saf3* || *Op9* || *Chrome* ||
|| [http://doctype.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/tests/html/elements/address-element-appears-in-dom-test.html appears in DOM] || Y || Y || Y || Y || Y || Y || Y || Y ||
|| [http://doctype.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/tests/html/elements/address-element-applies-style-test.html applies style] || Y || N || N || Y || Y || Y || Y || Y ||

== Further reading ==

  * [http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/semantics.html#the-address-element The address element in HTML 5]
  * [http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#edef-ADDRESS The address element in HTML 4]
  * [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535181.aspx The address element on MSDN]
  * [http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/tagpages/a/address.htm The history of the address element on blooberry.com]