| Version | //IETF//DTD HTML 2.0 Strict//EN
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| Element | DL |
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| Purpose | definition list or glossary |
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| Description | This element is used to define a definition list, a list of terms defined by DT and definitions of those terms defined by DD.
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| Start tag | Required <DL>
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| Attributes | | Name | Type | Default | Comment |
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| COMPACT | ( COMPACT ) | #IMPLIED | compact style list | | SDAFORM | CDATA | #FIXED "List" | one to one mapping; in support of transformation to the International Committee for Accessible Document Design DTD for usable access to structured information by print-impaired individuals | | SDAPREF | CDATA | #FIXED "Definition List:" | generated text prefix; in support of transformation to the International Committee for Accessible Document Design DTD for usable access to structured information by print-impaired individuals
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| Content | ( DT | DD )+
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| End tag | Required </DL>
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| Referenced in | BLOCKQUOTE BODY DD DIR FORM LI MENU
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| Example | | Source | Appearance |
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<DL>
<DT>SGML
<DD>Standard Generalized Markup Language
<DT>HTML
<DD>Hypertext Markup Language
<DT>XHTML
<DD>Extensible HyperText Markup Language
</DL>
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- SGML
- Standard Generalized Markup Language
- HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language
- XHTML
- Extensible HyperText Markup Language
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