<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

(Text | <text> | <tm> )*

Zero or more

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>