Sample for an unordered list (list type uo) of fruits and vegetables. As can be seen, the presentation is not unordered, only the list type indicated explictly, that the order of appearence in the list has no meaning in the sense of an order.

Sample for an ordered list (list type oi) of fruits and vegetables with increasing order. Note, that list grouping does not reset the counter.

Sample for an ordered list (list type od) of fruits and vegetables with decreasing order. Note that the styling applied here is specific for the sample, a general solution for decreasing requires some more information about the length of the list, a user-agent has, but not a general stylesheet. Note further, that list grouping does not reset the counter.

Sometimes one has to define something, for this purpose the list type df is intended. the element lt contains the object or phrase to be defined, the li contain the definition wording. Sometimes there is more than one object for a definition for there are more than one definitions for one object, then there is more than one preceding lt repectively succeeding li. Related defintions may be grouped together with the element lg. This element can be used too to pronounce a separation beween different defintions in one list. If there is no grouping, the preceding lt is defined by the following li up to the next lt.

Some abbreviations from quantum optics:

Law text often consists of lists of paragraphs. These paragraphs are typically different from normal paragraph in ordinary prose text. Typically a law paragraph includes an identifier too. Both by simply writing down this identifier or by providing a link to this identifier one can give a reference to this paragraph, therefore this identifier needs to be hardcoded. Concerning hyperlinking, the xml:id can be used. Additionally one will typically note an identifier explictly literally. For such types of lists the list type law is intended.

The following example shows the first paragraphs of the german Urheberrecht (author's rights). Because it a separate piece of literature, it is separated from the other content with an additional literature element including as additional meta information a source of the quotation. A mixture of s, h, hs and list elements is used to get the intended structure.

The list type recipe is intended for a list of incredients of a recipe. The other part of the recipe is a procedure, what to do with the incredients. Sometimes such a procedure is a list too, sometimes only paragraphs or sections:

The list type shop is intended for shopping lists and is closely related to the list type recipe. lt are inside the li, , the other content of the li is the product to buy.

The list type bill is intended for bills, charges or invoices and is closely related to the list type shop. lt are inside the li, one for the price, one maybe for the amount, the other content of the li is the product.

The list type contact is intended for contact information, for address books, telephone books etc, listing contact information about persons or organisations. The element lt may indicate an identifier, name, number etc, the li the contact information.