List item

A list item is an item in either an ordered or unordered list.

Syntax

XDITA

<li> inside <ol> or <ul>

HDITA

<li> inside <ol> or <ul>

MDITA (core and extended profiles)

-, +, or * for unordered list, and 0-9 and . or ) for ordered list

Attributes

The available attributes vary based on the authoring format:

XDITA and HDITA
The following attributes are available on this element: ID attributes, localization attributes, universal attributes, and @props.
MDITA
There is no attribute support for the MDITA core profile. For the MDITA extended profile, attributes can be specified by using the HDITA representation.

Examples

Figure 1. XDITA example

The following example demonstrates the use of list item in an XDITA topic.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD LIGHTWEIGHT DITA Topic//EN" "lw-topic.dtd">
<topic id="franchise-plan">
  <title>Make a plan! Start your future today!</title>
  <body>
    <ol>
      <li><p>Contact one of our franchise advisors</p></li>
      <li><p>Pick a location for your restaurant</p></li>
      <li><p>Follow our franchise guide</p></li>
    </ol>
  </body>
</topic>
Figure 2. HDITA example

The following example demonstrates the use of list item in an HDITA topic.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<title>Make a plan! Start your future today!</title>
<body>
  <article id="franchise-plan">
    <h1>Make a plan! Start your future today!</h1>
    <ol>
      <li>
        <p>Contact one of our franchise advisors</p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p>Pick a location for your restaurant</p>
      </li>
      <li>
        <p>Follow our franchise guide</p>
      </li>
    </ol>
  </article>
</body>
Figure 3. MDITA example

The following example demonstrates the use of list item (ordered list) in an MDITA topic.

# Make a plan! Start your future today!

1.  Contact one of our franchise advisors
2.  Pick a location for your restaurant
3.  Follow our franchise guide