The HTML5 <figure> tag is primarily used for adding self-contained content within the document. It is utilized for placing diagrams, images, code listings and illustrations.

The HTML5 <figure> tag is newly introduced in HTML5. Hence, this is not recognized nor used in HTML4.01.

This is an example of how the HTML5 <figure> tag is used:

<figure>

<img src="MyFigureHouse.jpg" alt="My Fugure House" width="300" height="200" />

</figure>

There should not be any problems when it comes to using the HTML5 <figure> tag. It is recognized by the major web browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari and Opera. The HTML5 <figure> tag is also capable of supporting the Event Attributes and Global Attributes in HTML5.