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Description

Equivalent HTML Tag

Art

Article element. A self-contained body of text considered to be a single narrative.

<article>

Annot

Annotation. A comment, note, or other annotation added by a document editor after the document was published.

none

BibEntry

Bibliography Entry element. A description of where some cited information may be found.

none

BlockQuote

Block Quote element. One or more paragraphs of text attributed to someone other than the author of the immediate surrounding text.

<blockquote>

Caption

Caption element. A brief portion of text that describes a table or a figure.

<caption> (for tables), <figcaption> (for images and other objects in <figure>)

Code

Code element. Computer program text embedded within a document.

<code>

Div

Division element. A generic block-level element or group of block-level elements.

<div>

Document

Document element. The root element of a document’s tag tree.

<html>

Figure

Figure element. A graphic or graphic representation associated with text.

<img> (for regular images), <figure> (for images and other objects, usually paired with <figcaption>)

Form

Form element. A PDF form annotation that can be or has been filled out.

<form>

Formula

Formula element. A mathematical formula.

<math> (in MathML)

H

Heading. A generic heading that inherits its level based on the nested structure of the document.

none

H1

Heading Level 1

<h1>

H2

Heading Level 2

<h2>

H3

Heading Level 3

<h3>

H4

Heading Level 4

<h4>

H5

Heading Level 5

<h5>

H6

Heading Level 6

<h6>

Index

Index element. A sequence of entries that contain identifying text and reference elements that point out the occurrence of the text in the main body of the document.

none

Lbl

Label element. A bullet, name, or number that identifies and distinguishes an element from others in the same list.

none

Link

Link element. A hyperlink that is embedded within a document. The target can be in the same document, in another PDF document, or on a website.

<a>

L

List element. Any sequence of items of similar meaning or other relevance; immediate child elements should be list item elements.

<ul> for unordered lists or

<ol> for ordered lists or

<dl> for definition lists

LI

List Item element. Any one member of a list; may have a label element (optional) and a list body element (required) as a child.

<li>

LBody

List Item Body element. The descriptive content of a list item.

none

Note

Note element. Explanatory text or documentation, such as a footnote or endnote, that is referred to in the main body of text.

<note>

P

Paragraph

<p>

Part

Part element. A large division of a document; may group smaller units of content together, such as division elements, article elements, or section elements.

<section>

Quote

Quote element. An inline portion of text that is attributed to someone other than the author of the text surrounding it; different from a block quote, which is a whole paragraph or multiple paragraphs, as opposed to inline text.

<q>

Reference

Reference element. A citation to text or data that is found elsewhere in the document.

href attribute of the <a>element

Sect

Section element. A general container element type, comparable to Division (div class="sect") in HTML, which is usually a component of a part element or an article element.

<section>

Span

Span element. Any inline segment of text; commonly used to delimit text that is associated with a set of styling properties.

<span>

Table

Table element. A two-dimensional arrangement of data or text cells that contains table row elements as child elements and may have a caption element as its first or last child element.

<table>

TD

Table Data Cell element. A table cell that contains nonheader data.

<td>

TH

Table Header Cell element. A table cell that contains header text or data describing one or more rows or columns of a table.

<th>

TOC

Table of Contents element. An element that contains a structured list of items and labels identifying those items; has its own discrete hierarchy.

none

TOCI

Table of Contents Item element. An item contained in a list associated with a table of contents element.

none

TR

Table Row element. One row of headings or data in a table; may contain table header cell elements and table data cell elements.

<tr>


Created 05/01/18 by Edward Pritchard (edward.pritchard@domail.maricopa.edu) - Information sourced from Deque Systems, Inc and Deque University