Using the <sup> tag

Description

The sup tag is used to display superscript text. It should not be used to markup mathematical exponents; instead, use Content MathML to create exponents and math with superscripts.

Example

This CNXML:


<para id="armstrong">
  Neil Armstrong was the 1<sup>st</sup> 
  man on the moon.
</para>

Results in this display:

Neil Armstrong was the 1^st man on the moon.

Attributes(what's this?)

id (optional): A unique identifier, whose value must begin with a letter and contain only letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores, colons, and/or periods (no spaces).

Children(what's this?)

term, cite, cite-title, foreign, emphasis, sub, sup, code, preformat, quote, note, list, media, footnote, link, newline, space, Unicode text

Parents(what's this?)

preformat, para, title, label, cite, cite-title, link, emphasis, term, sup, sub, quote, foreign, footnote, note, item, code, caption, commentary, meaning, entry, audio, flash, video, java-applet, image, labview, download

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