Text Module

Reference: *Text Module at the W3C

Elements in this Module

Inline Structural (Support Module)

span, br

Inline Phrasal (Support Module)

em, strong, q, cite, abbr, acronym, code, var, kbd, samp, dfn

Block Structural (Support Module)

div, p

Block Phrasal (Support Module)

h1 - h6, blockquote, pre, address

Description

The Text Module declares the core text elements, within four support modules.

The elements div and span are merely block and inline containers, respectively, and have no other semantic meaning. The br element is used to insert a line break into a section of inline text and pre is used to preserve whitespace within a block of text. Other elements in this module have clear semantic meanings and should be used only where that meaning is appropriate and not merely for visual purposes, e.g. the headings h1 - h6 should not be used merely to increase the font size of text which is not actually a heading.