phrase

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$Date: 2002/06/12 11:18:27 $

phrase — A span of text

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

phrase ::=
(#PCDATA|footnoteref|xref|abbrev|acronym|citetitle|emphasis|
 footnote|phrase|quote|trademark|link|ulink|command|
 computeroutput|email|filename|literal|option|replaceable|
 systemitem|userinput|inlinemediaobject)*

Attributes

Common attributes

Description

The Phrase element in DocBook has no specific semantic. It is provided as a wrapper around a selection of words smaller than a paragraph so that it is possible to provide an ID or other attributes for them.

For example, if you are making note of changes to a document using one of the effectivity attributes, you might use Phrase to mark up specific sentences with revisions.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

See Also

abbrev, acronym, emphasis, quote.

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>
Effectivity attributes can be used to keep track of modifications
to a document <phrase revisionflag="deleted">at the word or
sentence level</phrase><phrase revisionflag="added"> as long as the number
and complexity of changes is not too high</phrase>.
</para>

Effectivity attributes can be used to keep track of modifications to a document at the word or sentence level as long as the number and complexity of changes is not too high.

For additional examples, see also audioobject, imageobject, inlinemediaobject.