<DD>, <DL>,
<DT>
<DFN>
<DIR>
<DIV>
A definition list is a list of terms and corresponding
definitions. Definition lists are typically formatted with the
term flush-left and the definition, formatted paragraph style,
indented after the term.
Example:
<DL>
<DT>Term<DD>This is the definition of the first term.
<DT>Term<DD>This is the definition of the second
term.
</DL>
If the <DT> term does not fit in the <DT> column (one
third of the display area), it may be extended across the page
with the <DD> section moved to the next line, or it may be
wrapped onto successive lines of the left hand column.
The opening list element must be <DL> and must be
immediately followed by the first term (<DT>). The
definition list type can take the COMPACT
attribute, which suggests that a compact rendering be used,
because the list items are small and/or the entire list is large.
Unless you provide the COMPACT attribute, the HTML user agent may
leave white space between successive <DT>, <DD>
pairs. The COMPACT attribute may also reduce the width of the
left-hand (<DT>) column.
<DL COMPACT>
<DT>Term<DD>This is the first definition in compact
format.
<DT>Term<DD>This is the second definition in compact
format.
</DL>
<DL>, <DT> and <DD> can also take the CLASS, ID
and STYLE attributes to allow style sheet definitions to be
applied to them. For more details of these attributes, refer to
the Style Sheets topic.
Use of the <DFN> element is currently
only supported by the Internet Explorer. The <DFN> element
can be used to mark the Defining Instance of a term. For example,
the first time some text is mentioned in a paragraph. Typically,
it will render italicised.
Example : The <DFN>W3
Consortium</DFN> deals with HTML Standardization issues.
would render as:
The W3 Consortium deals with HTML Standardization
issues.
A Directory List element is used to present a
list of items containing up to 20 characters each. Items in a
directory list may be arranged in columns, typically 24
characters wide. A directory list must begin with the <DIR>
element which is immediately followed by a <LI> (list item) element:
<DIR>
<LI>A-H<LI>I-M
<LI>M-R<LI>S-Z
</DIR>
The <DIV> element, as described in the
HTML 3.2 specification, should be used with Style Sheet attributes (as used in Internet Explorer), to name a
section of text as being of a certain style. Netscape has
implemented the DIV element to work as the <P ALIGN=
...> element. Essentially, text
surrounded by the <DIV> ... </DIV> elements will be
formatted according to the description attached to the ALIGN
attribute within the <DIV> elements.
For example :
<DIV ALIGN="left">Left justify text by putting it
within the DIV tags.</DIV>
<DIV ALIGN="center">Centre some text by putting
it within the DIV tags.</DIV>
<DIV ALIGN="right">Right justify some text by
putting it within the DIV tags.</DIV>