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Definition List

<DL> terms and definitions </DL>
<DT> term </DT>
<DD> definition </DD>

Sets out a list with content made up of terms (DT) and definitions (DD)which is made up of term (DT) and definition (DD) items.
DD elements should be contained singularly within DT tags
html3.2+<DL COMPACT>DT and DD tags </DL> - short terms can be displayed on the same line.
html3+ A list heading (LH) may be included before the first definition term.
Directory List

<DIR> list items </DIR>

Sets out a directory list with content made up of List Item (LI) tags without bullets or numbers before them.
<UL PLAIN WRAP=HORIZ> does exactly the same thing.
html3.2+ <DIR COMPACT> content </DIR> - short items can be displayed on the same line.

List Item

<LI> content </LI>

Defines an entry in a list either ordered (OL) unordered (UL) menu(MENU) or directory(DIR)
The list item tag defines one entry in an ordered, unordered, menu, or directory list.
Other tags may be embedded in list items.
html3+ SRC="URL" - specifies an image as the bullet for the item
html3+ DINGBAT="entity" - specifies an iconic entity as the bullet for the item
html3+ SKIP="number" - used with ordered lists to skip forward in the number count
html3.2+ TYPE="type" - changes the bullet to numbers or bullets.
html3.2+ VALUE="number" - changes the number of the item.

Menu List

<MENU> list items </MENU>

Introduces a menu list made up of List Item (LI) tags without bullets or numbers.
html3.2+ <MENU COMPACT> - short terms can be displayed on the same line but use <UL PLAIN> instead.

Ordered List

<OL> list items </OL>

Introduces an ordered (numbered) list made up of List Item (LI) tags.
A list heading (LH) may be included before the first list item.
html3+ SEQNUM="number" - sets the first item to the specified number.
html3+ CONTINUE - allows a second list's numbering to carry on from the first.
html3.2+ START="number" - sets the first item to the specified number.
html3.2+ TYPE="type" - sets the way items are numbered (A, B, C, a, b, c, i, ii, ii, etc........)
html3.2+ COMPACT - short terms can be displayed on the same line.

Unordered List

<UL> list items </UL>


Introduces an unordered (bulleted) list made up of List Item (LI) tags.
html3+ SRC="URL" - specifies an image as the bullet for the item
html3+ DINGBAT="entity" - specifies an iconic entity as the bullet for the item
html3+ PLAIN - uses no bullets with list items.
html3+ WRAP="type"- either VERT or HORIZ.
VERT - data is to go down the page and then wrap to the next column.
HORIZ - data is to wrap across each row.
html3+ TYPE="type" - sets the way items are numbered CIRCLE, DISC orSQUARE.
html3.2+ COMPACT - short terms can be displayed on the same line.

Tag List
<!--
&tag;
A
ADDRESS
APPLET
AREA
B
BASE
BASEFONT
BGSOUND
BIG
BLINK
BLOCKQUOTE
BODY
BR
CAPTION
CENTER
CITE
CODE
COL
COLGROUP
DD
DFN
DIR
DL
DT
EM
EMBED
FONT
FORM
FRAME
FRAMESET
Hn
HEAD
HR
HTML
I
IFRAME
IMG
INPUT TYPE=CHECKBOX
INPUT TYPE=FILE
INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN
INPUT TYPE=IMAGE
INPUT TYPE=PASSWORD
INPUT TYPE=RADIO
INPUT TYPE=RANGE
INPUT TYPE=RESET
INPUT TYPE=SCRIBBLE
INPUT TYPE=SELECT
INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT
INPUT TYPE=TEXT
ISINDEX
KBD
LI
LINK
LISTING
MAP
MARQUEE
MENU
META
MULTICOL
NOBR
NOFRAMES
OBJECT
OL
P
PARAM
PLAINTEXT
PRE
SAMP
SCRIPT
SMALL
SPACER
STRIKE
STRONG
SUB
SUP
TABLE
TBODY
TD
TEXTAREA
TFOOT
TH
THEAD
TITLE
TR
TT
U
UL
VAR
WBR
XMP