Simplified DocBook: The Definitive Guide

Table of Contents

Preface

I. Reference

I. Simplified DocBook Element Reference

abbrev - An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period

abstract - A summary

acronym - An often pronounceable word made from the initial (or selected) letters of a name or phrase

affiliation - The institutional affiliation of an individual

appendix - An appendix in a Book or Article

article - An article

articleinfo - Meta-information for an Article

attribution - The source of a block quote or epigraph

audiodata - Pointer to external audio data

audioobject - A wrapper for audio data and its associated meta-information

author - The name of an individual author

authorblurb - A short description or note about an author

authorgroup - Wrapper for author information when a document has multiple authors or collabarators

authorinitials - The initials or other short identifier for an author

bibliodiv - A section of a Bibliography

bibliography - A bibliography

bibliomisc - Untyped bibliographic information

bibliomixed - An entry in a Bibliography

bibliomset - A cooked container for related bibliographic information

blockquote - A quotation set off from the main text

caption - A caption

citetitle - The title of a cited work

colspec - Specifications for a column in a table

command - The name of an executable program or other software command

computeroutput - Data, generally text, displayed or presented by a computer

copyright - Copyright information about a document

corpauthor - A corporate author, as opposed to an individual

date - The date of publication or revision of a document

edition - The name or number of an edition of a document

editor - The name of the editor of a document

email - An email address

Emphasis - Emphasized text

entry - A cell in a table

entrytbl - A subtable appearing in place of an Entry in a table

epigraph - A short inscription at the beginning of a document or component

example - A formal example, with a title

figure - A formal figure, generally an illustration, with a title

filename - The name of a file

firstname - The first name of a person

footnote - A footnote

footnoteref - A cross reference to a footnote (a footnote mark)

holder - The name of the individual or organization that holds a copyright

honorific - The title of a person

imagedata - Pointer to external image data

imageobject - A wrapper for image data and its associated meta-information

informaltable - A table without a title

inlinemediaobject - An inline media object (video, audio, image, and so on)

issuenum - The number of an issue of a journal

itemizedlist - A list in which each entry is marked with a bullet or other dingbat

jobtitle - The title of an individual in an organization

keyword - One of a set of keywords describing the content of a document

keywordset - A set of keywords describing the content of a document

legalnotice - A statement of legal obligations or requirements

lineage - The portion of a person's name indicating a relationship to ancestors

lineannotation - A comment on a line in a verbatim listing

link - A hypertext link

listitem - A wrapper for the elements of a list item

literal - Inline text that is some literal value

literallayout - A block of text in which line breaks and white space are to be reproduced faithfully

mediaobject - A displayed media object (video, audio, image, etc.)

note - A message set off from the text

objectinfo - Meta-information for an object

option - An option for a software command

orderedlist - A list in which each entry is marked with a sequentially incremented label

orgname - The name of an organization other than a corporation

othercredit - A person or entity, other than an author or editor, credited in a document

othername - A component of a persons name that is not a first name, surname, or lineage

para - A paragraph

phrase - A span of text

programlisting - A literal listing of all or part of a program

pubdate - The date of publication of a document

publishername - The name of the publisher of a document

quote - An inline quotation

releaseinfo - Information about a particular release of a document

replaceable - Content that may or must be replaced by the user

revdescription - A extended description of a revision to a document

revhistory - A history of the revisions to a document

revision - An entry describing a single revision in the history of the revisions to a document

revnumber - A document revision number

revremark - A description of a revision to a document

row - A row in a table

section - A recursive section

sectioninfo - Meta-information for a recursive section

sidebar - A portion of a document that is isolated from the main narrative flow

spanspec - Formatting information for a spanned column in a table

subject - One of a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document

subjectset - A set of terms describing the subject matter of a document

subjectterm - A term in a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document

subtitle - The subtitle of a document

surname - A family name; in western cultures the last name

systemitem - A system-related item or term

table - A formal table in a document

tbody - A wrapper for the rows of a table or informal table

term - The word or phrase being defined or described in a variable list

textobject - A wrapper for a text description of an object and its associated meta-information

tfoot - A table footer consisting of one or more rows

tgroup - A wrapper for the main content of a table, or part of a table

thead - A table header consisting of one or more rows

title - The text of the title of a section of a document or of a formal block-level element

titleabbrev - The abbreviation of a Title

trademark - A trademark

ulink - A link that addresses its target by means of a URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

userinput - Data entered by the user

variablelist - A list in which each entry is composed of a set of one or more terms and an associated description

varlistentry - A wrapper for a set of terms and the associated description in a variable list

videodata - Pointer to external video data

videoobject - A wrapper for video data and its associated meta-information

volumenum - The volume number of a document in a set (as of books in a set or articles in a journal)

xref - A cross reference to another part of the document

year - The year of publication of a document

II. Appendixes

A. GNU Free Documentation License

0. PREAMBLE

1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS

2. VERBATIM COPYING

3. COPYING IN QUANTITY

4. MODIFICATIONS

5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS

6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS

7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS

8. TRANSLATION

9. TERMINATION

10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE

How to use this License for your documents

Glossary

Index