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1.93 mike 151: <h1>HTML5: Edition for Web Authors</h1>
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1.93 mike 156: <a href="the-b-element.html">4.6.17 The b element →</a>
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1.93 mike 159: <h4 id="the-i-element"><span class="secno">4.6.16 </span>The <dfn aria-haspopup="true" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>i</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
1.112 mike 160: <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content_86">Flow content</a>.</dd>
161: <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content_74">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
162: <dd><a href="content-models.html#palpable-content" id="palpable-content_32">Palpable content</a>.</dd>
1.1 mike 163: <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
1.112 mike 164: <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content_75">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
1.1 mike 165: <dt>Content model:</dt>
1.112 mike 166: <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content" id="phrasing-content_76">Phrasing content</a>.</dd>
1.1 mike 167: <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
1.7 mike 168: <dd><a href="global-attributes.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes_47">Global attributes</a></dd>
1.1 mike 169: <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
1.104 mike 170: <dd>Uses <code><a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement_52">HTMLElement</a></code>.</dd>
1.112 mike 171: </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-i-element" id="i_16">i</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> a span of text
1.1 mike 172: in an alternate voice or mood, or otherwise offset from the normal
173: prose in a manner indicating a different quality of text, such as a
174: taxonomic designation, a technical term, an idiomatic phrase from
175: another language, a thought, or a ship name in Western texts.<p>Terms in languages different from the main text should be
1.88 mike 176: annotated with <code title="attr-lang"><a href="global-attributes.html#attr-lang" id="lang_8">lang</a></code> attributes (or,
1.7 mike 177: in XML, <a href="global-attributes.html#attr-xml-lang" id="attr-xml-lang_4" title="attr-xml-lang"><code title="">lang</code>
1.1 mike 178: attributes in the <span>XML namespace</span></a>).<div class="example">
1.112 mike 179: <p>The examples below show uses of the <code><a href="#the-i-element" id="i_17">i</a></code> element:</p>
1.1 mike 180: <pre><p>The <i class="taxonomy">Felis silvestris catus</i> is cute.</p>
181: <p>The term <i>prose content</i> is defined above.</p>
182: <p>There is a certain <i lang="fr">je ne sais quoi</i> in the air.</p></pre>
183: <p>In the following example, a dream sequence is marked up using
1.112 mike 184: <code><a href="#the-i-element" id="i_18">i</a></code> elements.</p>
1.1 mike 185: <pre><p>Raymond tried to sleep.</p>
186: <p><i>The ship sailed away on Thursday</i>, he
187: dreamt. <i>The ship had many people aboard, including a beautiful
188: princess called Carey. He watched her, day-in, day-out, hoping she
189: would notice him, but she never did.</i></p>
190: <p><i>Finally one night he picked up the courage to speak with
191: her—</i></p>
192: <p>Raymond woke with a start as the fire alarm rang out.</p></pre>
1.88 mike 193: </div><p>Authors can use the <code title="attr-class"><a href="global-attributes.html#classes" id="class_6">class</a></code>
1.112 mike 194: attribute on the <code><a href="#the-i-element" id="i_19">i</a></code> element to identify why the element
1.1 mike 195: is being used, so that if the style of a particular use (e.g. dream
196: sequences as opposed to taxonomic terms) is to be changed at a later
197: date, the author doesn't have to go through the entire document (or
198: series of related documents) annotating each use.<p>Authors are encouraged to consider whether other elements might
1.112 mike 199: be more applicable than the <code><a href="#the-i-element" id="i_20">i</a></code> element, for instance the
200: <code><a href="the-em-element.html#the-em-element" id="em_9">em</a></code> element for marking up stress emphasis, or the
201: <code><a href="the-dfn-element.html#the-dfn-element" id="dfn_16">dfn</a></code> element to mark up the defining instance of a
202: term.<p class="note">Style sheets can be used to format <code><a href="#the-i-element" id="i_21">i</a></code>
1.1 mike 203: elements, just like any other element can be restyled. Thus, it is
1.112 mike 204: not the case that content in <code><a href="#the-i-element" id="i_22">i</a></code> elements will
1.1 mike 205: necessarily be italicized.
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