The DD tag defines the description of a term in a definition list.
Syntax
>>-<DD>--+------------------------+--+-------+-----------------><
'-definition-description-' '-</DD>-'
Parameters
- definition-description
- This is the text for the description of a definition list term.
Comments
The DD tag defines the description of a term in a definition list.
Restrictions
- You must code the DD tag within a DL definition. See DL (Definition List)
for a complete description of this tag.
- Each DD tag must follow an associated DT tag within the definition list.
You can code only one DD tag for each DT tag.
Examples
Here is help panel markup that contains a definition list with three definition
descriptions.
Figure 1 shows the formatted result.
<!DOCTYPE DM SYSTEM>
<HELP NAME=dd DEPTH=22 WIDTH=64>Help for Markup
<AREA>
<INFO>
<P>Here are some definitions:
<DL TSIZE=2 BREAK=all>
<DT>markup
<DD>Text that is added to document data in order to
convey information about it.
There are three types of markup the DTL uses: tags, references,
and markup declarations.
<DT>markup declaration
<DD>Markup that controls how other markup of a document
is to be interpreted, for example document type and entity declarations.
<DT>markup language
<DD>A set of characters, conventions, and rules to control
the interpretation of document data.
The Dialog Tag Language is a markup language.
</DL>
</INFO>
</AREA>
</HELP>
Figure 1. Definition descriptions Help for Markup
Here are some definitions:
markup
Text that is added to document data in order to convey
information about it. There are three types of markup the
DTL uses: tags, references, and markup declarations.
markup declaration
Markup that controls how other markup of a document is to be
interpreted, for example document type and entity
declarations.
markup language
A set of characters, conventions, and rules to control the
interpretation of document data. The Dialog Tag Language is
a markup language.
F1=Help F3=Exit F5=Exhelp F6=Keyshelp
F7=PrvTopic F8=NxtTopic F10=PrvPage F11=NxtPage
F12=Cancel