4. Details by Element and Attribute

The following table list all the elements used in the various flavors of HTML and their properties:

Element Inline? Empty? PCDATA? Mixed? Wrapper? Status Type Value
(ctype if inline, restype otherwise)		 Notes

A

 inline       wrapper   x-html-a  

ABBR

 inline     mixed     x-html-abbr not inline in Trados5.5

ACRONYM

 inline     mixed     x-html-acronym  

ADDRESS

       mixed     x-html-address  

APPLET

 inline   ??? ??? ??? deprecated x-html-applet not inline in Trados5.5

AREA

   empty         x-html-area  

B

 inline     mixed     bold  

BASE

   empty            

BASEFONT

   empty       deprecated    

BDO

 inline     mixed        
BGSOUND   ??? ??? ???   not 4.01    

BIG

 inline     mixed     x-html-big  
BLOCKQUOTE         wrapper   x-html-blockquote  

BLINK

 inline     mixed   not 4.01 x-html-blink not inline in Trados5.5

BODY

         wrapper   x-html-body  

BR

 inline??? empty         lb  

BUTTON

 inline     mixed     x-html-button  

CAPTION

       mixed     caption  

CENTER

   ??? ??? ??? ??? deprecated x-html-center  

CITE

 inline     mixed     x-html-cite  

CODE

 inline     mixed     x-html-code  

COL

   empty         x-html-col  

COLGROUP

         wrapper   x-html-colgroup  

DD

       mixed     x-html-dd  

DEL

 inline???     mixed     x-html-del not inline in Trados5.5

DFN

 inline     mixed     x-html-dfn  

DIR

       ??? ??? deprecated x-html-dir  

DIV

       mixed     x-html-div  

DL

         wrapper   x-html-dl  

DT

       mixed     x-html-dt  

EM

 inline     mixed     x-html-em  
EMBED inline   ??? ??? ??? not 4.01 x-html-embed  
FACE inline     mixed   RobotHelp x-html-face  

FIELDSET

       mixed     groupbox <group>

FONT

 inline     mixed   deprecated x-html-font  

FORM

         wrapper   dialog <group>

FRAME

   empty   ??? ???   frame  

FRAMESET

       ??? ???   x-html-frameset  

H1

       mixed     x-html-h1  

H2

       mixed     x-html-h2  

H3

       mixed     x-html-h3  

H4

       mixed     x-html-h4  

H5

       mixed     x-html-h5  

H6

       mixed     x-html-h6  

HEAD

         wrapper   header  

HR

   empty         x-html-hr  

HTML

         wrapper   x-html-html  

I

 inline     mixed     italic  
IA       ??? ??? not 4.01 x-html-ia from Trados5.5 (no idea what is it)

IFRAME

 inline     ??? ???   x-html-iframe  

IMG

 inline empty         image  

INPUT

 inline empty         x-html-input not inline in Trados5.5

INS

 inline     mixed     x-html-ins not inline in Trados5.5

ISINDEX

   empty       deprecated x-html-isindex  

KBD

 inline     mixed     x-html-kbd  

LABEL

 inline     mixed     x-html-label not inline in Trados5.5

LEGEND

       mixed     x-html-legend  

LI

       mixed     listitem  

LINK

   empty         x-html-link  
LISTING       ??? ??? not 4.01 x-html-listing  

MAP

 inline           x-html-map not inline in Trados5.5
MARQUEE       ??? ??? not 4.01 x-html-marquee  

MENU

       ??? ??? deprecated menu inline in Trados5.5

META

   empty         x-html-meta  
NOBR inline???         not 4.01 x-html-nobr  
NOEMBED         wrapper not 4.01 x-html-noembed  

NOFRAMES

         wrapper   x-html-noframes  

NOSCRIPT

         wrapper   x-html-noscript  

OBJECT

 inline???     mixed???     x-html-object  

OL

         wrapper   x-html-ol  

OPTGROUP

         wrapper   x-html-optgroup  

OPTION

     PCDATA       x-html-option  

P

       mixed     x-html-p  

PARAM

 inline??? empty         x-html-param  
PLAINTEXT       ??? ??? obsolete x-html-plaintext do not use???

PRE

       mixed     x-html-pre  

Q

 inline     mixed     x-html-q not inline in Trados5.5
RB inline     mixed   ruby subset x-html-rb  
RBC inline     mixed   ruby subset x-html-rbc  
RP inline     mixed   ruby subset x-html-rp  
RT inline    

mixed

   ruby subset x-html-rt  
RTC inline     mixed   ruby subset x-html-rtc  
RUBY inline     mixed   ruby subset x-html-ruby  

S

 inline     mixed   deprecated x-html-s  

SAMP

 inline     mixed     x-html-samp not inline in Trados5.5

SCRIPT

 inline???   PCDATA       x-html-script not inline in Trados5.5

SELECT

 inline       wrapper   x-html-select not inline in Trados5.5 (make sense to some level: it's in a form as a list of entries...)

SMALL

 inline     mixed     x-html-small  

SPAN

 inline     mixed     x-html-span  
SPACER ??? ???   ??? ??? not 4.01 x-html-spacer  

STRIKE

 inline     mixed   deprecated x-html-strike  

STRONG

 inline     mixed     x-html-strong  

STYLE

     PCDATA       x-html-style  

SUB

 inline     mixed     x-html-sub  

SUP

 inline     mixed     x-html-sup  
SYMBOL inline     mixed   RobotHelp x-html-symbol  

TABLE

         wrapper   table  

TBODY

         wrapper   x-html-tbody  

TD

       mixed     cell  

TEXTAREA

 inline   PCDATA       x-html-textarea not inline in Trados5.5 (content is subflow)

TFOOT

         wrapper   footer  

TH

       mixed     x-html-th  

THEAD

         wrapper   x-html-thead  

TITLE

     PCDATA       x-html-title  

TR

       mixed     row  

TT

 inline     mixed     x-html-tt  

U

 inline     mixed   deprecated underlined  

UL

         wrapper   x-html-ul  

VAR

 inline     mixed     x-html-var  
WBR inline empty       not 4.01 x-html-wbr  
XML       ??? ??? not 4.01 x-html-xml  
XMP       ??? ??? not 4.01 x-html-xmp  
<any other> not inline           x-html-<any other>  

 

The following table lists the attributes used in the various flavors of HTML and their properties. If an attribute is not listed in this table, it is not translatable.

Attribute Element(s) where it is used Type Value Notes
abbr <td> and <th> x-html-<elem>abbr  
accesskey <a>, <area>, <button>, <input>, <label>, <legend>, and <textarea> x-html-accesskey size-unit='char' maxwidth='1'
alt <applet>, <area>, <img>, and <input> x-html-<elem>-alt  
content <meta>    
label <option> and <optgroup> label  
prompt <isindex> x-html-isindex-prompt  
standby <object>    
summary <table>    
title All elements except <base>, <basefont>, <head>, <html>, <meta>, <param>, <script>, and <title>    
value <input>    
value <option> NONE Not translatable
value <param>   The value attribute in a <param> element is translatable only in some cases depending on what the parameter is.
value <button> x-html-button-value  
value <li> NONE Not translatable

Inline Elements

Inline elements are HTML elements that should be treated as codes embedded within a run of text, for example <b>, <em>, etc.

The following HTML elements should be treated as inline codes:

HTML DTD 'inline' elements: fontstyle: <tt>, <i>, <b>, <big>, <small> (+ deprecated: <strike>, <s>, <u>, <font>)
phrase: <em>, <strong>, <dfn>, <code>, <samp>, <kbd>, <var>, <cite>, <abbr>, <acronym>.
formctrl: <input>, <select>, <textarea>, <label>, <button>.
special: <a>, <img>, <object>, <br>, <script>, <map>, <q>, <sub>, <sup>, <span>, <bdo>.
and also: <ins>, <del>.

[Not sure how to treat 'specials': <script> is generally not seen as inline by translation tools... Also: <object> can have non-inline element (???)]

[Get a list of the practice in commercial tools. Default inline tags for TagEditor are not the same. How about SDLX, DejaVu, etc.? Need for a standard list of inline tags?]

Ambassador: a, abbr, acronym, b, basefont, bdo, big, blink, cite, code, dfn, em, font, i, img, kbd, nobr, q, s, samp, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, u, var, wbr (+br optionally)

Default for Catalyst: h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, code, img, i, b.

Rainbow 4: b, i, span, br, font, a, img, big, small, tt, em, strong, dfn, code, samp, kdb, var, cite, abbr, acronym, q, sub, sup, bdo, u, s, strike, blink, applet, iframe, del, ins, ruby, rt, rc, rp, rbc, rtc.

IMPORTANT:

There is several strategies possible for inline codes:

The second use allows to keep an open-close structure that is reflected in the DOM tree. While <bpt>, etc. does not.