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Content-based tags |
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The simplest examples of structure in a text are content-based tags.
In Text→content
tags you see a list of them. Content based tags
indicate that a given portion of text is of a particular kind or that
it serves a specific purpose. For instance, important text should be
marked using the strong tag.
Its default rendering uses a bold type face, like in this
strong text. However, strong text might be rendered
in a different way according to the document style. For instance,
strong text may be rendered in a different color on transparencies for
presentations. Here follows a short list of the most common
content-based tags and their purpose:
| Tag |
Example |
Purpose |
| strong |
this is important |
Indicate an important region of text |
| em |
the real thing |
Emphasize a region of text |
| dfn |
A gnu is a horny beast |
Definition of some concept |
| samp |
the ae ligature æ |
A sequence of literal characters |
| name |
the Linux system |
The name of a particular thing |
| person |
I am Joris |
The name of a person |
| cite* |
Melville's Moby Dick |
A bibliographic citation |
| abbr |
I work at the C.N.R.S. |
An abbreviation |
| acronym |
the HTML format |
An acronym |
| verbatim |
the program said hello |
Verbatim text like computer program output |
| kbd |
Please type return |
Text which should be entered on a keyboard |
| code* |
cout << 1+1; yields 2 |
Code of a computer program |
| var |
cp src-file
dest-file |
Variables in a computer program |
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Table 1. Some of the most common content-based
tags.
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