<description> – glossary like list

Attributes:

xml:lang

human language (inherited)

id

unique name (identifier)

style/class

style properties and class (e.g. for CSS)

Possible Contents: (term, item)*

Description: A glossary like list of <term>–<item> pairs.

Example

     <description>
       <term>Red</term>
         <item>Pretty colour at the low energy end of the visible
           electromagnetic spectrum.</item>
     
       <term>Nine</term>
         <item>Odd number exactly between eight and ten.</item>
     
       <term>Rigel</term>
         <item>Star in the constellation of Orion.  A blue giant
           of spectral class B.</item>
     </description>

This yields:

Red

Pretty colour at the low energy end of the visible
electromagnetic spectrum.

Nine

Odd number exactly between eight and ten.

Rigel

Star in the constellation of Orion. A blue giant of
spectral class B.