The div element

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Description

The div element marks a block of text.

Possible children

This element can not contain text. It may contain the following children: annotation, bridgehead, caption, code, div, dl, object, ol, p, quote, table and ul.

Possible parents

body, div, object and section

Content model

[oneOrMore] At least one or more of:
[choice] One of the following elements: annotation, bridgehead, caption, code, div, dl, object, ol, p, quote, table and ul

Namespace

http://www.daisy.org/z3986/2010/

This element belongs to the core grammar.

Attributes

Name Presence Description
about Optional This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer.
Value:

One of

• value(s) of type anyURI
• value(s) of type string satisfying
• the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+"
• a minimum length of 1
class Optional The Z39.86 class attribute inherits all fundamental properties of the XHTML class attribute. It is used for arbitrary grouping or classification of elements, usable for example in the context of CSS styling.
The class attribute is not used to inflect semantics on the content of elements.
Value: Some value of type NMTOKENS
content Optional This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer.
Value: Any string
datatype Optional This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer.
Value: Some value of type string satisfying
• the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+"
• a minimum length of 1
property Optional This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer.
Value: A white space separated list of one or more value(s) of type string satisfying
• the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+"
• a minimum length of 1
rel Optional This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer.
Value: A white space separated list of one or more value(s) of type string satisfying
• the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+"
• a minimum length of 1
resource Optional This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer.
Value:

One of

• value(s) of type anyURI
• value(s) of type string satisfying
• the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+"
• a minimum length of 1
rev Optional This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer.
Value: A white space separated list of one or more value(s) of type string satisfying
• the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+"
• a minimum length of 1
role Optional The role attribute allows the author to annotate elements with machine-extractable semantic information about the nature or purpose of an element.
The value of the role attribute is one or several CURIEs.
Consult XHTML Role Attribute Module for further information.
Value: A white space separated list of one or more value(s) of type string satisfying
• the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+"
• a minimum length of 1
typeof Optional This attribute is part of the RDF/a metadata attributes collection. For more information on the usage of RDF/a, consult the W3C RDF/a primer.
Value: A white space separated list of one or more value(s) of type string satisfying
• the pattern "(([\i-[:]][\c-[:]]*)?:)?.+"
• a minimum length of 1
its:dir Optional The its:dir attribute is used to specify the base writing direction of the content. If not specified, the default value ltr is assumed.
Consult Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) for further information.
This attribute belongs to the feature «ITS Ruby»
Value:

One of

lro
ltr
rlo
rtl
its:translate Optional The its:translate attribute expresses information about whether the content of an element should be translated or not.
If not specified, the default value "yes" is assumed.
Consult Internationalization Tag Set (ITS) for further information.
This attribute belongs to the feature «ITS Ruby»
Value:

One of

no
yes
xml:base Optional The xml:base attribute is used to specify a base URI other than the base URI of the document or external entity.
Consult XML Base for further information.
Value: Some value of type anyURI
xml:id Optional The xml:id attribute specifies a document-wide unique identifier of the element.
Consult xml:id Version 1.0 for further information.
Value: Some value of type ID
xml:lang Optional The xml:lang attribute is used to identify the natural or formal language in which the content is written.
Consult Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 for further information.
Value: Some value of type language
xml:space Optional The xml:space attribute is used to signal an intention that element white space should be preserved by applications.
If not specified, the default value "default" is assumed.
Consult Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 for further information.
Value:

One of

default
preserve

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