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  1. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"
  2.    "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd">
  3. <html lang=en>
  4. <head>
  5. <title>DFN - Defined Term</title>
  6. <link rev=Made href="mailto:liam@htmlhelp.com">
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  9. <link rel=Copyright href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/copyright.html">
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  12. <meta name="author" content="Liam Quinn">
  13. <meta name="description" content="A description of HTML 4.0's DFN element for the defining instance of a term.">
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  17. <h2><img src="../wdglogo1.gif" width=250 height=83 alt="The Web Design Group"></h2>
  18. <h1>DFN - Defined Term</h1>
  19. <table>
  20.   <tr valign=top>
  21.     <th>Syntax</th>
  22.     <td><strong class=required><DFN></strong>...<strong class=required></DFN></strong></td>
  23.   </tr>
  24.   <tr valign=top>
  25.     <th>Attribute Specifications</th>
  26.     <td>
  27.       <ul>
  28.         <li><a href="../attrs.html">common attributes</a></li>
  29.       </ul>
  30.     </td>
  31.   </tr>
  32.   <tr valign=top>
  33.     <th>Contents</th>
  34.     <td><a href="../inline.html">Inline elements</a></td>
  35.   </tr>
  36.   <tr valign=top>
  37.     <th>Contained in</th>
  38.     <td><a href="../inline.html">Inline elements</a>, <a href="../block.html">block-level elements</a></td>
  39.   </tr>
  40. </table>
  41. <p>The <strong class=html>DFN</strong> element denotes the <em>defining instance of a term</em>. Visual browsers typically render <strong class=html>DFN</strong> as italic text, but authors can suggest a rendering using <a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/">style sheets</a>. Since <strong class=html>DFN</strong> is a structural element, it carries <em>meaning</em>, making it preferable to font style elements such as <strong class=html><a href="../fontstyle/i.html">I</a></strong> when marking up the defining instance of a term.</p>
  42. <p class=note><a href="http://www.netscape.com/navigator/">Netscape Navigator</a> does not support the <strong class=html>DFN</strong> element. In most cases, the lack of support is not a significant problem; concerned authors could nest the <strong class=html>DFN</strong> element within an <strong class=html><a href="../fontstyle/i.html">I</a></strong> element or another <a href="../fontstyle/index.html">font style</a> element.</p>
  43. <h2>More Information</h2>
  44. <ul>
  45.   <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/text.html#edef-DFN">DFN in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTMLá4.0 Recommendation</a></li>
  46.   <li><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html32#phrase">DFN in <abbr class=initialism title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> HTMLá3.2 Recommendation</a></li>
  47.   <li><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/phrase/dfn.html">DFN in <abbr class=initialism title="Web Design Group">WDG</abbr> HTMLá3.2 Reference</a></li>
  48.   <li><a href="http://www.hut.fi/u/jkorpela/HTML3.2/5.18.html">DFN in <cite>Learning HTMLá3.2 by Examples</cite></a></li>
  49. </ul>
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  51. <address>Maintained by <a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/%7Eliam/">Liam Quinn</a> <<a href="mailto:liam@htmlhelp.com">liam@htmlhelp.com</a>></address>
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  53. <p class=copyright><a href="http://www.htmlhelp.com/copyright.html">Copyright ⌐</a> 1998 Liam Quinn. All rights reserved.</p>
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