abbrev

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abbrev — An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

abbrev ::=
(#PCDATA|acronym|emphasis|trademark|link|ulink|inlinemediaobject)*

Attributes

Common attributes

Description

An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Parents

These elements contain abbrev: articleinfo, attribution, bibliomisc, bibliomixed, bibliomset, citetitle, emphasis, entry, lineannotation, link, literallayout, objectinfo, para, phrase, programlisting, quote, sectioninfo, subtitle, term, title, titleabbrev, ulink.

Children

The following elements occur in abbrev: acronym, emphasis, inlinemediaobject, link, trademark, ulink.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para>
The <abbrev>Assn.</abbrev> of Computing Machinery would probably never
abbreviate &ldquo;Association&rdquo; like this.
</para>

The Assn. of Computing Machinery would probably never abbreviate “Association” like this.

For additional examples, see also bibliography, footnote.

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