HTML5: dl – description list

dl – description list # T

The dl element represents a description list.

Content model #

dl = (dt +, dd +)* & dl.attrs

Attribute model #

dl.attrs = common.attrs

Tag omission #

A dl element must have both a start tag and an end tag.

Permitted contexts #

common.elem.flow

Typical default display properties #

dl {

display: block;

margin: 1em 0 1em 0; }

Details #

The dl element represents a description list, which consists of zero or more term-description (name-value) groupings; each grouping associates one or more terms/names (the contents of dt elements) with one or more descriptions/values (the contents of dd elements).