Address (<address>)

When To Use

  • To indicate contact information for a page or article. 1

Rules

  • Avoid utilizing the <address> element for addresses that do not serve as contact information for the page or article. For instance, a real estate website should not use the <address> element for each house listing address. 2
  • When the <address> element is utilized within an <article> element, it is construed as contact information for that specific article. If it is not nested within an <article> element, it is assumed to be contact information for the entire page. 1
  • The content within an <address> element ought to comprise contact information, but it does not necessarily have to be a postal address. It can take on any form that is fitting, such as a URL, email address, phone number, or social media handle. 2

Sources 

  1. MDN: <address>: The Contact Address element by Mozilla contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5
  2. Suman Damera: HTML address element accessibility by Suman Damera is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Created at: 19.04.2023, Last updated at: 11.06.2023