InDesign Export Tags

General Styles

Note: The name of the InDesign Style is generally irrelevant and can be whatever the designer prefers.

InDesign Style	Export tag	Class	Style type	Notes
Body
First paragraph	p	no-indent	Paragraph
First paragraph with dropcap etc.	p	paragraph-first	Paragraph	Any paragraph with special treament i.e. bolded first word etc.
General paragraphs	p	body	Paragraph
	p	center	Paragraph
All sidebar text	p	sidebar	Paragraph
Bulleted lists	li	bullets	Paragraph	Can be p or li
Lists with no bullets	li	no-bullets	Paragraph	Can be p or li
Blockquotes (songs, letters etc.)	blockquote	e.g. letter	Paragraph
Glossary terms in body	span	glossary-term	Character
Italics	i	italics	Character	Decorative or titles etc
Emphasis	em	emphasis	Character	italics used for emphasis
Languages	i	lang:xx	Character	For words italicised in other languages (excluding scientific latin). Format is lang: + code e.g. lang:fr
Languages	span	lang:xx	Character	for languages not italicized but meant to be pronounced in that language
Bold	b	bold	Character
Uppercase for emphasis	strong	strong	Character
Mixed strong	strong	strong-italics	Character	format should be 'upper dash format' e.g. strong-bold
Generic uppercase	span	upper	Character	Usually signs, callouts, etc.
Mixed upper	span	upper-italics	Character	format should be 'upper dash format' e.g. upper-bold
Colored or bolded words	span	color	Character	Often at start of lists.
Texting in fiction	span	texting	Character
Heads
Titles for front and back matter	h1	front-back	Paragraph	Usually includes Contents, but not always
Chapter number	h1	chapter-num	Paragraph
Chapter title	h1	chapter-title	Paragraph	Usually converted into a character style span
Level 1 subhead	h2	subhead	Paragraph
Level 2 subhead	h3	subhead	Paragraph
Headings for sidebars	h2	sidebar	Paragraph
Captions
Image captions	figcaption	photo-caption	Paragraph
Image credits (paragraph)	figcaption	photo-credit	Paragraph	Can be a Paragraph style or a Character style
Image credits (inline)	span	photo-credit	Character	Can be a Paragraph style or a Character style

Specific sections/pages

Title Page
Main title	h1	titlepage	Paragraph	Sometimes this is an image rather than type
Main title on half title	h1	halftitlepage	Paragraph
Subtitle	h2	subtitle	Paragraph
Author name	h2	author	Paragraph
Illustrator name	h2	illustrator	Paragraph
Translator name	h2	translator	Paragraph
"Illustrated by"	span	by	Character	Tagged if different size, line etc.
Copyright
Body	p	copyright	Paragraph
Small caps	small		Character	ISBN, EPUB, LCC, etc. (applied automatically)
Bolded bits	b	bold	Character	Library and Archive... and Summary:
Dedication
Body	p	dedication	Paragraph	no italics necessary
Contents
Front and back matter	li	toc-fb	Paragraph	Usually not tagged since it is rebuilt from nav
Level 1	li	toc-1	Paragraph	Usually not tagged
Level 2	li	toc-2	Paragraph	Usually not tagged
Glossary
Definition item	p	glossary	Paragraph
Term	b	bold	Character	For the glossed term
Resources
Subheads	h2	resources	Paragraph
Body	p	resources	Paragraph
Disclaimer paragraph	p	resources-disclaimer	Paragraph
Index
The first entry with a space before	p	index-first	Paragraph
Level 1	p	index-1	Paragraph
Level 2	p	index-2	Paragraph
Bolded page numbers	b	index	Paragraph
About the Author
Text	p	no-indent	Paragraph
Bolded or colored author name	span	author-name	Character

Object Styles

Images
Full size images	figure	full	Object	Most images, even if they are smaller
Portrait or images in the margin	figure	center	Object	Most images that are tall
figure	small	Object	Mostly used in Echoes where image is not full width
figure	chapter-icon	Object	Decorative illustrations to start chapters
Author photos	figure	author	Object
Sidebars
All sidebar text frames	aside	sidebar	Object	Generally will go with sidebar-1, sidebar-2, etc.