HTML examples: {dl, dt, dd} for Definition List

Xah Lee, 2011-07-07

This page gives a example of HTML's {dl, dt, dd} tags.

These 3 tags are used together for a list of definitions. Example:

Cat

Lovely creature.

Octopus

Intelligent creature.

Here's the HTML code:

<dl>
 <dt>Cat</dt><dd>Lovely creature.</dd>
 <dt>Octopus</dt><dd>Intelligent creature.</dd>
</dl>

• “dl” (definition list) is the wrapper.
• “dt” is for the term to be defined.
• “dd” is the term's definition description

By default, browser does not do any extra special rendering for them. Use CSS for that.

http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec-author-view/the-dl-element.html#the-dl-element

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