The following table provides a list of the tags (or elements) supported in HTML 5 (officially written as HTML5 - without the space). This list is based on the HTML5 Working Draft as of February 2009.
Tag-- Description
<*!--...-->-- Specifies a comment
<*!DOCTYPE>-- Specifies the document type
<*a>-- Specifies a hyperlink
<*abbr> -- Specifies an abbreviation
<*address>-- Specifies an address element
<*area>-- Specifies an area inside an image map
<*article>-- Specifies an article
<*aside>-- Specifies content aside from the page content
<*audio>-- Specifies sound content
<*b>-- Specifies bold text
<*base>-- Specifies a base URL for all the links in a page
<*bdo>-- Specifies the direction of text display
<*blockquote>-- Specifies a long quotation
<*body>-- Specifies the body element
<*br>-- Inserts a single line break
<*button>-- Specifies a push button
<*canvas>-- Define graphics
<*caption>-- Specifies a table caption
<*cite>-- Specifies a citation
<*code>-- Specifies computer code text
<*col>-- Specifies attributes for table columns
<*colgroup>-- Specifies groups of table columns
<*command>-- Specifies a command
<*datalist>-- Specifies an "autocomplete" dropdown list
<*dd>-- Specifies a definition description
<*del>-- Specifies deleted text
<*details>-- Specifies details of an element
<*dfn>-- Defines a definition term
<*div>-- Specifies a section in a document
<*dl>-- Specifies a definition list
<*dt>-- Specifies a definition term
<*em>-- Specifies emphasized text
<*embed>-- Specifies external application or interactive content
<*eventsource>-- Specifies a target for events sent by a server
<*fieldset>-- Specifies a fieldset
<*figcaption>-- Specifies caption for the figure element.
<*figure>-- Specifies a group of media content, and their caption
<*footer>-- Specifies a footer for a section or page
<*form>-- Specifies a form
<*h1>-- Specifies a heading level 1
<*h2>-- Specifies a heading level 2
<*h3>-- Specifies a heading level 3
<*h4>-- Specifies a heading level 4
<*h5>-- Specifies a heading level 5
<*h6>-- Specifies a heading level 6
<*head>-- Specifies information about the document
<*header>-- Specifies a group of introductory or navigational aids, including hgroup elements
<*hgroup>-- Specifies a header for a section or page
<*hr>-- Specifies a horizontal rule
<*html>-- Specifies an html document
<*i>-- Specifies italic text
<*iframe>-- Specifies an inline sub window (frame)
<*img>-- Specifies an image
<*input>-- Specifies an input field
<*ins>-- Specifies inserted text
<*kbd>-- Specifies keyboard text
<*keygen>-- Generates a key pair
<*label>-- Specifies a label for a form control
<*legend>-- Specifies a title in a fieldset
<*li>-- Specifies a list item
<*link>-- Specifies a resource reference
<*mark>-- Specifies marked text
<*map>-- Specifies an image map
<*menu>-- Specifies a menu list
<*meta>-- Specifies meta information
<*meter>-- Specifies measurement within a predefined range
<*noscript>-- Specifies a noscript section
<*object>-- Specifies an embedded object
<*ol>-- Specifies an ordered list
<*optgroup>-- Specifies an option group
<*option>-- Specifies an option in a drop-down list
<*output>-- Specifies some types of output
<*p>-- Specifies a paragraph
<*param>-- Specifies a parameter for an object
<*pre>-- Specifies preformatted text
<*progress>-- Specifies progress of a task of any kind
<*q>-- Specifies a short quotation
<*ruby>-- Specifies a ruby annotation (used in East Asian typography)
<*rp>-- Used for the benefit of browsers that don't support ruby annotations
<*rt>-- Specifies the ruby text component of a ruby annotation.
<*samp>-- Specifies sample computer code
<*script>-- Specifies a script
<*section>-- Specifies a section
<*select>-- Specifies a selectable list
<*small>-- Specifies small text
<*source>-- Specifies media resources
<*span>-- Specifies a section in a document
<*strong>-- Specifies strong text
<*style>-- Specifies a style definition
<*sub>-- Specifies subscripted text
<*summary>-- Specifies a summary/caption for the element
<*sup>-- Specifies superscripted text
<*table>-- Specifies a table
<*tbody>-- Specifies a table body
<*td>-- Specifies a table cell
<*textarea>-- Specifies a text area
<*tfoot>-- Specifies a table footer
<*th>-- Specifies a table header
<*thead>-- Specifies a table header
<*time>-- Specifies a date/time
<*title>-- Specifies the document title
<*tr>-- Specifies a table row
<*ul>-- Specifies an unordered list
<*var>-- Specifies a variable
<*video>-- Specifies a video
<*wbr>-- Specifies a line break opportunity for very long words and strings of text with no spaces.
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