The definition description element is used to define a description for a term that precede it in a definition list. Mostly, web browsers indent the content of the definition description element.
Listed below are the most common attributes you can use for the definition description element:
- class - provides the class or classes of the heading. This attribute is used to identify the name of the style class or classes to be used for rendering.
- id - provides a unique name for the heading.
- lang - provides the language in which the enclosed content is coded.
- style - provides a cascading style sheet (CSS) properties to the heading.
- title - privides a text title for the heading. Most web browser displays the value of the title as "tooltip".
Here's an example on how to use the definition description <dd> element:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=utf-8" />
<mate name="keywords" content="blog, web development" />
<title>the DEFINITION DESCRIPTION element</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>
the DEFINITION DESCRIPTION element
</h1>
<dl>
<dt>handshaking procedure</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Dialogue between two entities (e.g., a user and a computer, a computer and another computer, or a program and another program) used for identification and authentication of the entities to one another.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>access level</dt>
<dd>
<p>
The hierarchical portion of the security level used to identify the sensitivity of data and the clearanceor authorization of users.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
</body>
</html>
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