Lists

Capture lists in a list element. The type of list can be designated with a list-type attribute.

The allowed list-type attribute values are as follows:

list-type attribute	List item Character
simple
bullet	Bulleted List
number	1, 2, 3, 4
alpha-lower	a, b, c, d
alpha-upper	A, B, C, D
roman-lower	i, ii, iii, iv
roman-upper	I, II, III, IV

A list element may not be a child of a p element.

Numbered list in a journal article

In a journal article, no label elements are required for items in a numbered or bulletted list.

<list list-type="number">
  <list-item>
    <p>members’ dues according to the bylaws,</p>
  </list-item>
  <list-item>
    <p>voluntary extra payments above these dues, [and]</p>
  </list-item>
  <list-item>
    <p>voluntary contributions from those outside.</p>
  </list-item>
</list>

Numbered list in a book

In books, capture the enumerator of each item in a label child of the list-item element.

<list list-type="number">
  <list-item>
    <label>1</label> 
    <p>members’ dues according to the bylaws,</p>
  </list-item>
  <list-item>
    <label>2</label>
    <p>voluntary extra payments above these dues, [and]</p>
  </list-item>
  <list-item>
    <label>3</label>
    <p>voluntary contributions from those outside.</p>
  </list-item>
</list>

Bulleted list in a book

In books, capture the enumerator of each item in a label child of the list-item element.

<list list-type="bullet">
  <list-item>
    <label>•</label>
    <p>Properties of the correlation coefficient.</p>
  </list-item>
  <list-item>
    <label>•</label>    
    <p>Method of moments estimation.</p>
  </list-item>
  <list-item>
    <label>•</label>
    <p>Recognition of the importance of probability distributions.</p>
  </list-item>
  <list-item>
    <label>•</label>
    <p>Perhaps, originator of the histogram.</p>
  </list-item>
</list>

Headed list

Capture a headed list using list-type="simple", with each item heading in a title element.

<list list-type="simple">
  <list-item>
    <title>Queen Anne</title>
    <p>The daughter of James II; became queen on William III’s death in 1702.</p>
  </list-item>
  <list-item>
    <title>Ralph Battell</title>
    <p>Hertford vicar; his son, of the same name,
      assisted his father’s clerical duties and also taught 
      in the town’s school. Both were High Church.</p>
  </list-item>
  <list-item>
    <title>Francis Bragge</title>
    <p>Grandson of Sir Henry Chauncy; chief
      polemicist in the 1712 witchcraft debate.</p>
  </list-item>
  <list-item>
    <title>Charles Caesar</title>
    <p>MP for Hertford 1701–8, 1710–15, and 1722–3,
      and then for the county; High Church Tory.</p>
  </list-item>
</list>