The trademark (<tm>) element in DITA is used to markup and identify a term or phrase that is trademarked. Trademarks include registered trademarks, service marks, slogans and logos.
The business rules for indicating and displaying trademarks may differ from company to company and may be enforced by authoring policy and by specific processing.
( text data or tm) (any number)
Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required? |
---|---|---|---|---|
trademark | The trademarked term | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No |
tmowner | The trademark owner, for example "OASIS" | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No |
tmtype | The trademark type: trademark, registered trademark, or service mark | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No |
tmclass | Classification of the trademark. | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No |
%global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described at global-atts | parameter entity | PE not applicable | Not applicable |
class | A common attribute described in othercommon |
<p>The advantages of using <tm trademark="DB2 Universal Database" tmtype="tm"> <tm trademark="DB2" tmtype="reg" tmclass="ibm">DB2</tm> Universal Database</tm> are well known.</p>