Description

A short summary of the principle ideas, concepts and conclusions of the work, or of a section or excerpt within it.

Examples

Example 1 — Abstract paragraph within an article
<article aria-labelledby="hd">
   <h2 id="hd">Deoxyribonucleic Acid Self-Replication</h2>
   <p role="doc-abstract">The cause of self-replicating DNA…</p>
   …
</section>
Example 2 — Multi-paragraph abstract
<div role="doc-abstract">
   <p>This paper examines the effects of …</p>
   …
</div>

Relation to ARIA

doc-abstract inherits its semantics from the a section role (i.e., it represents a container of related content, but is not a landmark).

Usage

doc-abstract is typically used on div elements when it consists of more than one paragraph, but can be used on a p tag when the abstract is a single paragraph.

List of all elements allowed on
  • a (without an href attribute)
  • abbr
  • address
  • b
  • bdi
  • bdo
  • blockquote
  • br
  • canvas
  • cite
  • code
  • del
  • dfn
  • div
  • em
  • i
  • img (with alt text)
  • ins
  • kbd
  • mark
  • output
  • p
  • pre
  • q
  • rp
  • rt
  • ruby
  • s
  • samp
  • small
  • section
  • span
  • strong
  • sub
  • sup
  • table
  • tbody
  • td
  • tfoot
  • thead
  • th
  • tr
  • time
  • u
  • var
  • wbr

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