Building web pages with XHTML 1.1

To create a numbered list of blocks, use the ol (ordinal list) element. This is very similar to Section 9.7, “The ul element: Unnumbered or “bullet” lists”, but the list items will be preceded by numbers instead of bullets. Here's the content model:

element ol
{ Common.attrib,
  li+
}

Here's an example from the U. S. Declaration of Independence. You don't have to assign numbers yourself; this will be formatted with the list items labeled 1, 2, 3.

  <ol>
    <li>
      He has affected to render the Military independent of and
      superior to the Civil Power.
    </li>
    <li>
      He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction
      foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our
      laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
    </li>
    <li>
      For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
    </li>
  </ol>