The HTML <dd> Element (or HTML Description Element) indicates the description of a term in a description list (<dl>) element. This element can occur only as a child element of a definition list and it must follow a <dt> element.

Content categories:
None

Permitted content:
Flow content.

Tag omission:
Must have a start tag. The end tag may be omitted if this element is immediately followed by another <dd> element, or if there is no more content in the parent element.

Permitted parent elements:
After a <dt> or a <dl> element, inside a <dl>.

DOM interface:
HTMLElement Up to Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 4) inclusive, Firefox implements the HTMLSpanElement interface for this element.
