Language References

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Indicates a definition description in a definition list.

HTML 2, 3.2, 4, 4.01, 5

HTML Syntax

<dd
   class = classname
   id = value
   nowrap
   style = css properties
   title = text
   event = script
>

The DD element can only be used within a DL element, which declares the start of a definition list. It follows immediately after a DT element, which in turn indicates a definition term.

This element is a block element, and the definition description is usually indented from the definition list.

The DD tag does not require a closing tag.

DD Members

The following shows how the DD element may be used.

<dl>
   <dt>W3C
      <dd>World Wide Web Consortium
   <dt>HTML
      <dd>HyperText Markup Language
   <dt>CSS
      <dd>Cascading Style Sheets
</dl>

which would render on a Web page as

W3C

World Wide Web Consortium

HTML

HyperText Markup Language

CSS

Cascading Style Sheets

DL   DT   Using Lists in HTML