Content-Based Style

Content-based tags deal with identifying words, phrases or chunks of text, or images as having a specific meaning or context. The intent of content-based tags is not to show physically marked text. However, it is not wrong for a browser to show content-based text in a distinct style, such as font style.

Each content-based tag is shown with a brief description, and any physical effects imposed by the browser.

• <abbr> indicates an abbreviation.
  Using this tag has no effect.
• <address> indicates an address.
  Using this tag has no effect.
• <acronym> indicates an acronym.
  The enclosed text is shown in an italic font.
• <cite> indicates a bibliographic citation or reference.
  The enclosed text is shown in an italic font.
• <code> indicates source code of a program.
  The enclosed text is shown in a monospaced font.
• <del> indicates deleted text. It shows editorial markup.
  A line is drawn through enclosed text.
• <dfn> indicates a definition for a term. This is usually used with the first appearance of a term in a document.
  The enclosed text is shown in an italic font.
• <em> indicates emphasis on a string of text. This is the contextual equivalent of using the <i> (italic) tag.
  The enclosed text is shown in an italic font.
• <ins> indicates inserted text. It shows editorial markup.
  The enclosed text is shown underlined.
• <kbd> indicates keyboard input. This is similar to the <code> tag, but with a different contextual intent.
  The enclosed text is shown in a monospaced font.
• <samp> indicates literal text.
  The enclosed text is shown in a monospaced font.
• <strong> indicates emphasis on some text, but in a stronger contextual sense than the <em> tag. This is the contextual equivalent of using the <b> (bold) tag.
  The enclosed text is shown in a bold font.
• <var> indicates source code variables. This is similar to the <code> tag, but with a different contextual intent.
  The enclosed text is shown in an italic font.