---
id: html-lists
title: "HTML Lists"
category: "Frontend"
status: "draft"
verification_status: "conceptual"
canonical_id: ""
aliases: ["HTML list", "unordered list", "ordered list", "description list", "ul ol li"]
duplicate_of: ""
source_trust_level: "B"
confidence_score: 0.90
created_at: 2026-06-23
updated_at: 2026-06-23
review_reason: ""
merge_history: []
tags: ["html", "web", "frontend", "w3schools", "lists"]
raw_sources: ["https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_lists.asp"]
applied_in: []
github_commit: ""
---

# [[HTML Lists]]

## 🎯 한 줄 통찰 (One-line insight)
HTML lists group related items as unordered (bulleted) lists, ordered (numbered) lists, or description lists that pair terms with their descriptions. [S1]

## 🧠 핵심 개념 (Core concepts)
- **Unordered list (`<ul>`)** — a list of items where order does not matter; items show with bullet markers by default. Each item is an `<li>`. [S1]
- **Ordered list (`<ol>`)** — a list where order matters; items show numbered by default. Each item is an `<li>`. [S1]
- **List item (`<li>`)** — the element used for each item inside both `<ul>` and `<ol>`. [S1]
- **Description list (`<dl>`)** — a list of terms with a description of each term, using `<dt>` for the term and `<dd>` for its description. [S1]

## 🧩 추출된 패턴 (Extracted patterns)
- **Container + item pattern** — both unordered and ordered lists wrap a series of `<li>` items in a single list container (`<ul>` or `<ol>`). [S1]
- **Term/description pairing pattern** — a description list alternates `<dt>` (term) and `<dd>` (description) pairs inside `<dl>`. [S1]

## 📖 세부 내용 (Details)
**Unordered HTML List.** An unordered list starts with the `<ul>` tag. Each list item starts with the `<li>` tag. The list items will be marked with bullets (small black circles) by default. [S1]
```html
<ul>
  <li>Coffee</li>
  <li>Tea</li>
  <li>Milk</li>
</ul>
```

**Ordered HTML List.** An ordered list starts with the `<ol>` tag. Each list item starts with the `<li>` tag. The list items will be marked with numbers by default. [S1]
```html
<ol>
  <li>Coffee</li>
  <li>Tea</li>
  <li>Milk</li>
</ol>
```

**HTML Description Lists.** HTML also supports description lists. A description list is a list of terms, with a description of each term. The `<dl>` tag defines the description list, the `<dt>` tag defines the term (name), and the `<dd>` tag describes each term. [S1]
```html
<dl>
  <dt>Coffee</dt>
  <dd>- black hot drink</dd>
  <dt>Milk</dt>
  <dd>- white cold drink</dd>
</dl>
```

**HTML List Tags.** [S1]

| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| `<ul>` | Defines an unordered list |
| `<ol>` | Defines an ordered list |
| `<li>` | Defines a list item |
| `<dl>` | Defines a description list |
| `<dt>` | Defines a term in a description list |
| `<dd>` | Describes the term in a description list |

## 🛠️ 적용 사례 (Applied in summary)
The "Coffee / Tea / Milk" examples above are the canonical applied examples of each list type. No external project/commit applications found in the source.

## 💻 코드 패턴 (Code patterns)
Unordered list (HTML):
```html
<ul>
  <li>Item</li>
</ul>
```
Ordered list (HTML):
```html
<ol>
  <li>Item</li>
</ol>
```
Description list (HTML):
```html
<dl>
  <dt>Term</dt>
  <dd>Description</dd>
</dl>
```

## ⚖️ 비교 및 선택 기준 (Comparison & decision criteria)
- **Use `<ul>`** when the order of items does not matter (rendered with bullets). [S1]
- **Use `<ol>`** when order matters (rendered with numbers). [S1]
- **Use `<dl>`** when each item is a term paired with a description. [S1]

## ⚖️ 모순 및 업데이트 (Contradictions & updates)
No contradictions found in the source. [S1]

## ✅ 검증 상태 및 신뢰도
- **상태:** draft
- **검증 단계:** conceptual (실제 적용 사례 발견 시 applied/validated로 승격 가능)
- **출처 신뢰도:** B (W3Schools — widely used educational reference, not a primary standards body)
- **신뢰 점수:** 0.90
- **중복 검사 결과:** 신규 생성 (New discovery)

## 🔗 지식 그래프 (Knowledge Graph)
- **상위/루트:** [[HTML Tutorial]]
- **관련 개념:** [[HTML Tables]], [[HTML Block and Inline]], [[HTML Div]], [[HTML Elements]]
- **참조 맥락:** Referenced whenever a sequence or grouping of related items must be displayed on a web page.

## 📚 출처 (Sources)
- [S1] W3Schools — HTML Lists — https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_lists.asp

## 📝 변경 이력 (Change history)
- 2026-06-23: Initial draft synthesized from the W3Schools "HTML Lists" page (Astra wiki-curation, P-Reinforce v3.1 format).