The document provides an overview of the main JSTL tags for core functionality. It describes tags such as <c:out> for escaping output, <c:forEach> for iterations, <c:if> for conditional logic, <c:choose> <c:when> <c:otherwise> for conditional choices, <c:set> for setting variables and attributes, <c:import> for including external pages, <c:url> for generating URLs, and <c:catch> for catching exceptions. Code examples are given to illustrate the basic usage of each tag.