DFN enclose term definition 4.01 Transitional

DFN

Purpose

enclose term definition

Description

This element encloses the definition of a term as it is presented in the text. Some browsers may render the definition in a particular way to alert the reader to a special term of interest.

Start tag

Required <DFN>

Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Comment
class	CDATA	#IMPLIED	space-separated list of classes
dir	( ltr \| rtl )	#IMPLIED	direction for weak/neutral text
id	ID	#IMPLIED	document-wide unique id
lang	NAME	#IMPLIED	language code as RFC1766
onclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was clicked
ondblclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was double clicked
onkeydown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was pressed down
onkeypress	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was pressed and released
onkeyup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was released
onmousedown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was pressed down
onmousemove	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved within
onmouseout	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved away
onmouseover	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved onto
onmouseup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was released
style	CDATA	#IMPLIED	style sheet data; associated style info
title	CDATA	#IMPLIED	text; advisory title

Content

( #PCDATA | TT | I | B | U | S | STRIKE | BIG | SMALL | EM | STRONG | DFN | CODE | SAMP | KBD | VAR | CITE | ABBR | ACRONYM | A | IMG | APPLET | OBJECT | FONT | BASEFONT | BR | SCRIPT | MAP | Q | SUB | SUP | SPAN | BDO | INPUT | SELECT | TEXTAREA | LABEL | BUTTON )*

End tag

Required </DFN>

Referenced in

A ABBR ACRONYM ADDRESS APPLET B BDO BIG BLOCKQUOTE BODY BUTTON CAPTION CENTER CITE CODE DD DEL DFN DIV DT EM FIELDSET FONT FORM H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 I INS KBD LABEL LEGEND LI NOSCRIPT OBJECT P PRE Q S SAMP SMALL SPAN STRIKE STRONG SUB SUP TD TH TT U VAR

Example

Source	Appearance
Kyle knows how to make applets, <DFN>Java programs that can be embedded on a Web page</DFN>.	Kyle knows how to make applets, Java programs that can be embedded on a Web page.