<data>: The Data element

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since October 2017.

The <data> HTML element links a given piece of content with a machine-readable translation. If the content is time- or date-related, the <time> element must be used.

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Attributes

This element's attributes include the global attributes.

value

This attribute specifies the machine-readable translation of the content of the element.

Examples

The following example displays product names but also associates each name with a product number.

html
<p>New Products</p>
<ul>
  <li><data value="398">Mini Ketchup</data></li>
  <li><data value="399">Jumbo Ketchup</data></li>
  <li><data value="400">Mega Jumbo Ketchup</data></li>
</ul>

Result

Technical summary

Content categories Flow content, phrasing content, palpable content.
Permitted content Phrasing content.
Tag omission None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents Any element that accepts phrasing content.
Implicit ARIA role generic
Permitted ARIA roles Any
DOM interface HTMLDataElement

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# the-data-element

Browser compatibility

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See also