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<dlhead>

The <dlhead> element contains optional headings for the term and description columns in a definition list (<dl>). The definition list heading might contain a heading for the column of terms (<dthd>) and a heading for the column of descriptions (<ddhd>).

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

- topic/dlhead

Example

Definition list with a heading

<dl>
 <dlhead>
  <dthd>Image File View Selection</dthd>
  <ddhd>Resulting Information</ddhd>
 </dlhead>
 <dlentry>
  <dt>File Type</dt>
  <dd>Image's file extension</dd>
 </dlentry>
 <dlentry>
  <dt>Image Class</dt>
  <dd>Image is raster, vector, metafile or 3D</dd>
 </dlentry>
 <dlentry>
  <dt>Number of pages</dt>
  <dd>Number of pages in the image</dd>
 </dlentry>
 <dlentry>
  <dt>Fonts</dt>
  <dd>Names of the fonts contained within a vector image</dd>
 </dlentry>
</dl>

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group and @outputclass.

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