Inline Semantic Elements

abbr

• <abbr> elements represent an abbreviation or an acronym.

• The title attribute may be used to provide the full version of the term. This information may be displayed in certain cases (such as mouse hover).

cite

• The <cite> element identifies the name of a work – a book, song, movie, TV show, painting, sculpture, etc.
• Do not use <cite> to identify the name of a person.

• The <cite> element is distinct from the cite attribute (see below)

code

• <code> elements represent sample computer code – for example HTML code.

del

• The <del> element indicate content that should be (or has been) revised out of the document.

• The cite attribute may be used to reference a reason for the removal of the content.
• The value of the cite attribute must be a valid URI.

• The datetime attribute may be used to indicate when the content was removed.
• The value of the datetime attribute must be authored in the standardized datetime format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD

dfn

• The <dfn> element identifies the defining instance of a term (usualy the first time a term appears in a document).

• The title attribute may be used to provide the definition of the term if the term is not defined in context. This information may be displayed in certain cases (such as mouse hover).

em

• The <em> element is used to indicate content that has stress emphasis.
• The <em> element is often used to indicate contrasted terms.
• Nesting <em> elements within other <em> elements may be used to indicate an elevated degree of emphasis.

ins

• The <ins> element indicate content that should be (or has been) revised into the document.
• <ins> elements are often used to indicate content in a related <del> element.

• The cite attribute may be used to reference a reason for the insertion of the content.
• The value of the cite attribute must be a valid URI.

• The datetime attribute may be used to indicate when the content was removed.
• The value of the datetime attribute must be authored in the standardized datetime format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD

kbd

• <kbd> elements are used to identify keyboard input.

mark

• The <mark> element represents highlighted content, due to its relevance in a particular context.
• A common use <mark> of the mark element is to highlight search terms.
• <mark> should not be used to indicate important content, use <strong> instead.
• Do not use <mark> for purely stylistic reasons.

q

• <q> elements indicate quoted content.
• The <q> element appends quotation marks before and after the enclosed content.

• The cite attribute may be used to reference a source for the quote
• The value of the cite attribute must be a valid URI.

s

• The <s> element indicates content that is no longer correct, but should still be displayed on the page.
• Do not confuse <s> with <del>, if content should be removed from a page use <del>.

samp

• <samp> elements indicate sample output form a computer program.

small

• The <small> element indicates “small print” such as legal text or copyright notices.
• Do not use <small> for purely stylistic purposes.

strong

• The <strong> element indicates particularly important content.
• Nesting <strong> elements within other <strong> elements may be used to indicate an elevated degree of importance.

sub

• <sub> indicates content that, for semantic reasons, should appear below the baseline text.
• <sub> is often used as part of chemical or mathematical formulas.
• Do not use <sub> for purely stylistic purposes.

sup

• <sup> indicates content that, for semantic reasons, should appear above the baseline text.
• <sup> is often used as part of mathematical formulas.
• Do not use <sup> for purely stylistic purposes.

time

• The <time> element identifies enclosed content as a date or time

• The datetime attribute must accompany the element if the encapsulated content is not presented in the standard date time format.
• If present the datetime attribute value must be presented in the standard machine readable datetime format.
• If given content can not be translated into the standardized datetime format, the <time> element should not be used.

var

• <var> elements represent variables.
• <var> is often used as part of a mathematical formula or a programing context.