Index: doxia-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/module/xhtml/XhtmlSink.java
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--- doxia-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/module/xhtml/XhtmlSink.java	(revision 375312)
+++ doxia-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/module/xhtml/XhtmlSink.java	(working copy)
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.module.xhtml.decoration.render.RenderingContext;
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.Parser;
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.sink.StructureSink;
+import org.apache.maven.doxia.sink.Sink;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
 
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
@@ -290,7 +291,26 @@
 
     public void numberedList( int numbering )
     {
-        write( "<ol>" );
+        write("<ol type=\"");
+        switch ( numbering )
+        {
+            case Sink.NUMBERING_LOWER_ALPHA:
+                write("a");
+                break;
+            case Sink.NUMBERING_UPPER_ALPHA:
+                write("A");
+                break;
+            case Sink.NUMBERING_LOWER_ROMAN:
+                write("i");
+                break;
+            case Sink.NUMBERING_UPPER_ROMAN:
+                write("I");
+                break;
+            case Sink.NUMBERING_DECIMAL:
+            default:
+                write("1");
+        }
+        write("\">");
     }
 
     public void numberedList_()