<tm>
A trademark is a term or phrase that is trademarked. Trademarks include registered trademarks, service marks, slogans, and logos.
Usage information
The business rules for indicating and displaying trademarks differ from company to company. These business rules can be enforced by either authoring policy or processing.
Content model
Inheritance
- topic/tm
The <tm> element is a base element type. It is defined in the topic module.
Attributes
The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and the attributes defined below.
@tmclass- Specifies the classification of the trademark. This can be used to differentiate different groupings of trademarks.
@tmowner- Specifies the trademark owner, for example "OASIS".
@tmtype(REQUIRED)- Specifies the trademark type. Allowable values are:
- tm
- Trademark
- reg
- Registered trademark
- service
- Service mark
- -dita-use-conref-target
- See Using the -dita-use-conref-target value for more information.
@trademark- Specifies the trademarked term.
The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and the attributes defined below.
@tmclass- Specifies the classification of the trademark. This can be used to differentiate different groupings of trademarks.
@tmowner- Specifies the trademark owner, for example "OASIS".
@tmtype(REQUIRED)- Specifies the trademark type. Allowable values are:
- tm
- Trademark
- reg
- Registered trademark
- service
- Service mark
- -dita-use-conref-target
- See Using the -dita-use-conref-target value for more information.
@trademark- Specifies the trademarked term.
Example
This section is non-normative.
The following code sample shows how a company
might use the <tm> element:
<p>The advantages of using the
<tm trademark="Acme" tmtype="reg">Acme</tm>
<tm trademark="SuperFancyWidget" tmtype="tm">SuperFancyWidget</tm>
are well known to Bugs Bunny fans.</p>