`<ol>`

The <ol> element includes a list of items sorted by sequence or order of importance.

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

- topic/ol

Example

This section is non-normative.

Here are the colors of the rainbow in order of appearance from top to bottom:
<ol>
<li>Red</li>
<li>Orange</li>
<li>Yellow</li>
<li>Green</li>
<li>Blue</li>
<li>Indigo</li>
<li>Violet</li>
</ol>

Content model

(<data> | <data-about>)*, <li>+

Contained by

<abstract>, <body>, <bodydiv>, <dd>, <desc>, <div>, <draft-comment>, <entry>, <example>, <fig>, <figgroup>, <fn>, <itemgroup>, <li>, <linkinfo>, <lq>, <note>, <p>, <section>, <sectiondiv>, <stentry>

In order

Zero or more of the following
- <data>
- <data-about>
One or more <li>

Contained by

<abstract>
<body>
<bodydiv>
<dd>
<desc>
<div>
<draft-comment>
<entry>
<example>
<fig>
<figgroup>
<fn>
<itemgroup>
<li>
<linkinfo>
<lq>
<note>
<p>
<section>
<sectiondiv>
<stentry>

Inheritance

- topic/ol

The <ol> element is a base element type. It is defined in the topic module.

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, outputclass, compact, and spectitle.