##### 3.2.3.10 property

The <property> element represents a single property of the current topic's subject. For example, if the current reference topic describes a programming class, the property might show that the class is protected rather than public. The <property> element generally appears together with a series of other properties; it contains three optional elements to provide a type, value, or description of the property.

###### Contains

Doctype | Content model
ditabase, reference, learningContent | ( (proptype) (optional) then (propvalue) (optional) then (propdesc) (optional) )

###### Contained by

Doctype | Content model
ditabase, reference, learningContent | properties

###### Inheritance

- topic/strow reference/property

###### Example

See 3.2.3.5 properties.

###### Attributes

Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required?
univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts, and localization-atts groups) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.3 univ-atts attribute group |  |  |
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group |  |  |
class, outputclass | Common attributes described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes |  |  |

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Parent Topic: 3.2.3 Reference elements

Sibling Topics:

3.2.3.1 reference

3.2.3.2 refbody

3.2.3.3 refbodydiv

3.2.3.4 refsyn

3.2.3.5 properties

3.2.3.6 prophead

3.2.3.7 proptypehd

3.2.3.8 propvaluehd

3.2.3.9 propdeschd

3.2.3.11 proptype

3.2.3.12 propvalue

3.2.3.13 propdesc