dd

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

Example

See dl

Contains

Doctype Content model
ditabase, topic, task, reference, concept ( text data or ph or codeph or synph or filepath or msgph or userinput or systemoutput or b or u or i or tt or sup or sub or uicontrol or menucascade or term or xref or cite or q or boolean or state or keyword or option or parmname or apiname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or tm or p or lq or note or dl or parml or ul or ol or sl or pre or codeblock or msgblock or screen or lines or fig or syntaxdiagram or imagemap or image or object or table or simpletable or itemgroup or draft-comment or required-cleanup or fn or indextermref or indexterm or data or data-about or foreign or unknown) (any number)
map, bookmap ( text data or ph or term or xref or cite or q or boolean or state or keyword or tm or p or lq or note or dl or ul or ol or sl or pre or lines or fig or image or object or table or simpletable or itemgroup or draft-comment or required-cleanup or fn or indextermref or indexterm or data or data-about or foreign or unknown) (any number)

Contained by

Doctype Parents
bookmap, map, ditabase, topic, task, concept, reference, glossary dlentry

Inheritance:

- topic/dd

Attributes

Name Description Data Type Default Value Required?
%univ-atts; (%select-atts;, %id-atts;, %localization-atts;) A set of related attributes, described at %univ-atts; parameter entity PE not applicable Not applicable
%global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc) A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts; parameter entity PE not applicable Not applicable
class, outputclass Common attributes described in Other common DITA attributes      
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