dd

The <dd> element contains the description of a term in a definition list entry (<dlentry>).

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

- topic/dd

Example

Figure 1. Simple definition list example

<dl>
<dlentry>
<dt>Bytes returned</dt>
<dd>The number of bytes of data returned.</dd>
</dlentry>
<dlentry>
<dt>Bytes available</dt>
<dd>The number of bytes of data available to be returned.</dd>
</dlentry>
<dlentry><dt>Handle</dt>
<dd>The returned handle value</dd>
</dlentry>
</dl>

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group and outputclass.