<underline>
Underline
Used to mark text that should appear with a horizontal line beneath it.
Remarks
This is normally a print consideration — not a matter for XML tagging — as underlining is frequently prohibited in online works, since it is a common “this is a link” signal.
Content Model
<!ELEMENT underline (#PCDATA %emphasized-text;)* >
Expanded Content Model
(#PCDATA | email | ext-link | uri | inline-supplementary-material | related-article | related-object | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | ruby | alternatives | inline-graphic | chem-struct | inline-formula | abbrev | named-content | styled-content | fn | target | xref | sub | sup)*
Description
Any combination of:
- Text, numbers, or special characters
- Linking Elements
- <inline-supplementary-material> Inline Supplementary Material Metadata
- Related Material Elements
- Emphasis Elements
- <alternatives> Alternatives For Processing
- Inline Display Elements
- <chem-struct> Chemical Structure (Display)
- <inline-formula> Formula, Inline
- Other Inline Elements
- <fn> Footnote
- <target> Target of an Internal Link
- <xref> X (cross) Reference
- Baseline Change Elements
This element may be contained in:
<addr-line>, <aff>, <article-title>, <attrib>, <bold>, <chapter-title>, <chem-struct>, <code>, <collab>, <comment>, <compound-kwd-part>, <conf-theme>, <copyright-statement>, <data-title>, <def-head>, <disp-formula>, <element-citation>, <ext-link>, <fixed-case>, <funding-statement>, <gov>, <inline-formula>, <inline-supplementary-material>, <italic>, <kwd>, <license-p>, <mixed-citation>, <monospace>, <named-content>, <on-behalf-of>, <overline>, <p>, <part-title>, <preformat>, <price>, <product>, <rb>, <related-article>, <related-object>, <roman>, <sans-serif>, <sc>, <series>, <source>, <std>, <strike>, <styled-content>, <sub>, <subtitle>, <sup>, <supplement>, <target>, <td>, <term>, <term-head>, <textual-form>, <th>, <title>, <trans-source>, <trans-title>, <underline>, <verse-line>, <xref>
Example
... <p>... Oligonucleotide primers for the amplification of TbH4 included 5′-ATTAGGT<italic>CAT</italic><underline><italic>ATG</italic> </underline><bold>CACCATCACCATCACCAT</bold>ACGCAGTCGCAGACCGTGACGG and 3′-TATAGG<italic>AAGCTT</italic>CTAATCCTCGGTGTAGAGCGCCTCG. XP-1 was amplified with 5′-CAATTA<italic>CAT</italic><underline> <italic>ATG</italic></underline><bold>CATCACCATCACCATCAC</bold> AACGACGGCGAAGGAACTGTGC and 3′-AACCTG<italic>GAATTC</italic>GTCCATGCTCACTTCGAC, and the 38-kDa antigen was amplified with 5′-CAATTA<italic>CAT</italic> <underline><italic>ATG</italic></underline><bold>CATCACCATCACCATCAC</bold> TGTGGCTCGAAACCACCGAGC and ...</p> ...