Special Edition Using XML, Second Edition

Lists

Another common formatting technique involves lists. There are a number of objects that are used explicitly for the creation and formatting of lists. These include

• list-block— This object contains the data and describes the formatting for a list of items.

• list-item— This contains an individual list item that consists of a list-item-label object and list-item-body object.

• list-item-label— This contains the label block (such as an individual character or graphics) for an individual list item.

• list-item-body— This contains the block of data for an individual list item.

Now let's see how these objects work together to create a list. This list will contain a list of customers for an imaginary company. We start with the list-block object, which contains ...