<ul>

An unordered list is a list in which the order of items is not significant.

Rendering expectation

List items are typically indicated by bullets or dashes.

Content model

( <data> | <sort-as> )*, <li> +

In order
  1. Zero or more
  2. One or more <li>

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and @compact.

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and the attributes defined below.

@compact
Specifies whether the vertical spacing between list items is tightened. The following values are valid: yes, no, and -dita-use-conref-target. Some DITA processors or output formats might not support the @compact attribute.

Example

This section is non-normative.

The following code sample shows a list in which the order of items is unimportant:

<p>Here are the countries that I have visited:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Germany</li>
  <li>France</li>
  <li>Japan</li>
  <li>Mexico</li>
</ul>