The list tags

HTML caters for three types of list:

unordered list
ordered (or numbered) list
definition list

Unordered list: <ul>

<ul> </ul>     the opening and closing tags for the entire list
<li> </li>     the opening and closing tags for each list item 

Example: <ul>
           <li>First item</li>
           <li>Second item</li>
           <li>Third item</li> 
         </ul>

This is displayed as:

First item
Second item
Third item

To add space between the items, insert a blank line using <p /> like this:

<ul>
  <li>First item</li>
  <p />
  <li>Second item</li>
  <p />
  <li>Third item</li> 
</ul>

The attributes

type           specifies the shape of the bullet
               circle, disc or square

Ordered (numbered) list: <ol>

<ol> </ol>     the opening and closing tags for the entire list
<li> </li>     the opening and closing tags for each list item 

Example: <ol>
           <li>First item</li>
           <li>Second item</li>
           <li>Third item</li> 
         </ol>

This is displayed as:

First item
Second item
Third item

The attributes

type           specifies the shape of the bullet
               A (capital letters)
               a (lowercase letter)
               I (capital Roman numerals)
               i (lowercase Roman numerals)

start          specifies the number to start at

Definition list: <dl>

<dl> </dl>     the tags for the entire list           
<dt> </dt>     the tags for each term to be defined
<dd> </dd>     the tags for the definition 

Example: <dl>
           <dt>Planet
             <dd>A body rotating freely around a star</dd>
           </dt>
                          
           <dt>Moon
             <dd>An object rotating around a planet</dd> 
           </dt>
         </dl>

This is displayed as:

Planet: A body rotating freely around a star
Moon: A smaller object rotating around a planet