Table of Contents
- I. DocBook Element
Reference
-
- abbrev - An
abbreviation, especially one followed by a
period
- abstract - A
summary
- accel - A graphical user
interface (GUI) keyboard shortcut
- ackno - Acknowledgements
in an Article
- acronym - An often
pronounceable word made from the initial (or
selected) letters of a name or phrase
- action - A response to
a user event
- address - A real-world
address, generally a postal address
- affiliation - The
institutional affiliation of an individual
- alt - Text representation
for a graphical element
- anchor - A spot in the
document
- answer - An answer to a
question posed in a QandASet
- appendix - An
appendix in a Book or Article
- appendixinfo
![[4.0]](figures/rev_4.0.png)
-
Meta-information for an Appendix
- application - The
name of a software program
- area - A region defined
for a Callout in a graphic or code example
- areaset - A set of
related areas in a graphic or code example
- areaspec - A
collection of regions in a graphic or code
example
- arg - An argument in a
CmdSynopsis
- article - An
article
- articleinfo -
Meta-information for an Article
- artpagenums - The
page numbers of an article as published
- 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
- beginpage - The
location of a page break in a print version of the
document
- bibliocoverage
![[4.2]](figures/rev_4.2.png)
- The spatial or
temporal coverage of a document
- bibliodiv - A
section of a Bibliography
- biblioentry - An
entry in a Bibliography
- bibliography - A
bibliography
- bibliographyinfo - Meta-information
for a Bibliography
- biblioid - An identifier
for a document
- bibliomisc -
Untyped bibliographic information
- bibliomixed - An
entry in a Bibliography
- bibliomset - A
cooked container for related bibliographic
information
- bibliorelation - The relationship
of a document to another
- biblioset - A raw
container for related bibliographic information
- bibliosource - The source
of a document
- blockinfo - Meta-information
for a block element
- blockquote - A
quotation set off from the main text
- book - A book
- bookinfo -
Meta-information for a Book
- bridgehead - A
free-floating heading
- callout - A
“called out” description of a marked
Area
- calloutlist - A
list of Callouts
- caption - A
caption
- caution - A note of
caution
- chapter - A chapter,
as of a book
- chapterinfo -
Meta-information for a Chapter
- citation - An inline
bibliographic reference to another published
work
- citebiblioid - A citation
of a bibliographic identifier
- citerefentry - A
citation to a reference page
- citetitle - The
title of a cited work
- city - The name of a city
in an address
- classname - The name
of a class, in the object-oriented programming
sense
- classsynopsis - The syntax
summary for a class definition
- classsynopsisinfo - Information
supplementing the contents of a ClassSynopsis
- cmdsynopsis - A
syntax summary for a software command
- co - The location of a
callout embedded in text
- collab - Identifies a
collaborator
- collabname - The
name of a collaborator
- colophon - Text at
the back of a book describing facts about its
production
- 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
- confdates - The
dates of a conference for which a document was
written
- confgroup - A
wrapper for document meta-information about a
conference
- confnum - An
identifier, frequently numerical, associated with a
conference for which a document was written
- confsponsor - The
sponsor of a conference for which a document was
written
- conftitle - The
title of a conference for which a document was
written
- constant - A
programming or system constant
- constraint
![[EBNF]](figures/rev_ebnf.png)
- A constraint
in an EBNF production
- constraintdef - The definition
of a constraint in an EBNF production
- constructorsynopsis - A syntax
summary for a constructor
- contractnum - The
contract number of a document
- contractsponsor - The
sponsor of a contract
- contrib - A summary of
the contributions made to a document by a credited
source
- copyright -
Copyright information about a document
- coref - A cross
reference to a co
- corpauthor - A
corporate author, as opposed to an individual
- corpname - The name
of a corporation
- country - The name of
a country
- database - The name
of a database, or part of a database
- date - The date of
publication or revision of a document
- dedication - A
wrapper for the dedication section of a book
- destructorsynopsis - A syntax
summary for a destructor
- 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
- envar - A software
environment variable
- epigraph - A short
inscription at the beginning of a document or
component
- equation - A
displayed mathematical equation
- errorcode - An error
code
- errorname - An error
name
- errortext - An error
message.
- errortype - The
classification of an error message
- example - A formal
example, with a title
- exceptionname - The name of an
exception
- fax - A fax number
- fieldsynopsis - The name of a
field in a class definition
- figure - A formal
figure, generally an illustration, with a title
- filename - The name
of a file
- firstname - The
first name of a person
- firstterm - The
first occurrence of a term
- footnote - A
footnote
- footnoteref - A
cross reference to a footnote (a footnote mark)
- foreignphrase -
A word or phrase in a language other than the primary
language of the document
- formalpara - A
paragraph with a title
- funcdef - A function
(subroutine) name and its return type
- funcparams -
Parameters for a function referenced through a
function pointer in a synopsis
- funcprototype -
The prototype of a function
- funcsynopsis -
The syntax summary for a function definition
- funcsynopsisinfo -
Information supplementing the FuncDefs of a
FuncSynopsis
- function - The name
of a function or subroutine, as in a programming
language
- glossary - A
glossary
- glossaryinfo -
Meta-information for a Glossary
- glossdef - A
definition in a GlossEntry
- glossdiv - A division
in a Glossary
- glossentry - An
entry in a Glossary or GlossList
- glosslist - A
wrapper for a set of GlossEntrys
- glosssee - A
cross-reference from one GlossEntry to another
- glossseealso - A
cross-reference from one GlossEntry to another
- glossterm - A
glossary term
- graphic - A displayed
graphical object (not an inline)
- graphicco - A
graphic that contains callout areas
- group - A group of
elements in a CmdSynopsis
- guibutton - The text
on a button in a GUI
- guiicon - Graphic
and/or text appearing as a icon in a GUI
- guilabel - The text
of a label in a GUI
- guimenu - The name of
a menu in a GUI
- guimenuitem - The
name of a terminal menu item in a GUI
- guisubmenu - The
name of a submenu in a GUI
- hardware - A physical
part of a computer system
- highlights - A
summary of the main points of the discussed
component
- holder - The name of
the individual or organization that holds a
copyright
- honorific - The
title of a person
- html:form
![[HTML Forms]](figures/rev_htmlforms.png)
- An
HTML form
- imagedata - Pointer
to external image data
- imageobject - A
wrapper for image data and its associated
meta-information
- imageobjectco -
A wrapper for an image object with callouts
- important - An
admonition set off from the text
- index - An index
- indexdiv - A division
in an index
- indexentry - An
entry in an index
- indexinfo - Meta-information
for an Index
- indexterm - A
wrapper for terms to be indexed
- informalequation - A
displayed mathematical equation without a title
- informalexample - A
displayed example without a title
- informalfigure
- A untitled figure
- informaltable -
A table without a title
- initializer - The
initializer for a FieldSynopsis
- inlineequation
- A mathematical equation or expression occurring
inline
- inlinegraphic -
An object containing or pointing to graphical data
that will be rendered inline
- inlinemediaobject - An
inline media object (video, audio, image, and so
on)
- interface - An
element of a GUI
- interfacename - The name of an
interface
- invpartnumber -
An inventory part number
- isbn - The International
Standard Book Number of a document
- issn - The International
Standard Serial Number of a periodical
- issuenum - The number
of an issue of a journal
- itemizedlist - A
list in which each entry is marked with a bullet or
other dingbat
- itermset - A set of
index terms in the meta-information of a
document
- jobtitle - The title
of an individual in an organization
- keycap - The text
printed on a key on a keyboard
- keycode - The
internal, frequently numeric, identifier for a key on
a keyboard
- keycombo - A
combination of input actions
- keysym - The symbolic
name of a key on a keyboard
- keyword - One of a set
of keywords describing the content of a document
- keywordset - A set
of keywords describing the content of a document
- label - A label on a
Question or Answer
- legalnotice - A
statement of legal obligations or requirements
- lhs - The left-hand
side of an EBNF production
- 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
- lot - A list of the titles
of formal objects (as tables or figures) in a
document
- lotentry - An entry
in a list of titles
- manvolnum - A
reference volume number
- markup - A string of
formatting markup in text that is to be represented
literally
- medialabel - A name
that identifies the physical medium on which some
information resides
- mediaobject - A
displayed media object (video, audio, image,
etc.)
- mediaobjectco -
A media object that contains callouts
- member - An element of
a simple list
- menuchoice - A
selection or series of selections from a menu
- methodname - The name of a
method
- methodparam - Parameters
to a method
- methodsynopsis - A syntax summary
for a method
- mml:math
![[MathML]](figures/rev_mathml.png)
- A MathML
equation
- modespec -
Application-specific information necessary for the
completion of an OLink
- modifier - Modifiers in a
synopsis
- mousebutton - The
conventional name of a mouse button
- msg - A message in a
message set
- msgaud - The audience
to which a message in a message set is relevant
- msgentry - A wrapper
for an entry in a message set
- msgexplan -
Explanatory material relating to a message in a
message set
- msginfo - Information
about a message in a message set
- msglevel - The level
of importance or severity of a message in a message
set
- msgmain - The primary
component of a message in a message set
- msgorig - The origin
of a message in a message set
- msgrel - A related
component of a message in a message set
- msgset - A detailed set
of messages, usually error messages
- msgsub - A subcomponent
of a message in a message set
- msgtext - The actual
text of a message component in a message set
- nonterminal - A
non-terminal in an EBNF production
- note - A message set off
from the text
- objectinfo -
Meta-information for an object
- olink - A link that
addresses its target indirectly, through an
entity
- ooclass - A class in an
object-oriented programming language
- ooexception - An exception
in an object-oriented programming language
- oointerface - An interface
in an object-oriented programming language
- option - An option for
a software command
- optional - Optional
information
- orderedlist - A
list in which each entry is marked with a
sequentially incremented label
- orgdiv - A division of
an organization
- orgname - The name of
an organization other than a corporation
- otheraddr -
Uncategorized information in address
- 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
- pagenums - The
numbers of the pages in a book, for use in a
bibliographic entry
- para - A paragraph
- paramdef -
Information about a function parameter in a
programming language
- parameter - A value
or a symbolic reference to a value
- part - A division in a
book
- partinfo - Meta-information
for a Part
- partintro - An
introduction to the contents of a part
- personblurb - A short
description or note about a person
- personname - The personal
name of an individual
- phone - A telephone
number
- phrase - A span of
text
- pob - A post office box in
an address
- postcode - A postal
code in an address
- preface - Introductory
matter preceding the first chapter of a book
- prefaceinfo -
Meta-information for a Preface
- primary - The primary
word or phrase under which an index term should be
sorted
- primaryie - A
primary term in an index entry, not in the text
- printhistory -
The printing history of a document
- procedure - A list
of operations to be performed in a well-defined
sequence
- production - A production
in a set of EBNF productions
- productionrecap - A
cross-reference to an EBNF production
- productionset - A set of EBNF
productions
- productname - The
formal name of a product
- productnumber -
A number assigned to a product
- programlisting
- A literal listing of all or part of a program
- programlistingco - A
program listing with associated areas used in
callouts
- prompt - A character or
string indicating the start of an input field in a
computer display
- property - A unit of
data associated with some part of a computer
system
- pubdate - The date of
publication of a document
- publisher - The
publisher of a document
- publishername -
The name of the publisher of a document
- pubsnumber - A
number assigned to a publication other than an ISBN
or ISSN or inventory part number
- qandadiv - A titled
division in a QandASet
- qandaentry - A
question/answer set within a QandASet
- qandaset - A
question-and-answer set
- question - A question
in a QandASet
- quote - An inline
quotation
- refclass - The scope
or other indication of applicability of a reference
entry
- refdescriptor -
A description of the topic of a reference page
- refentry - A
reference page (originally a UNIX man-style reference
page)
- refentryinfo -
Meta-information for a Refentry
- refentrytitle -
The title of a reference page
- reference - A
collection of reference entries
- referenceinfo - Meta-information
for a Reference
- refmeta -
Meta-information for a reference entry
- refmiscinfo -
Meta-information for a reference entry other than the
title and volume number
- refname - The name of
(one of) the subject(s) of a reference page
- refnamediv - The
name, purpose, and classification of a reference
page
- refpurpose - A
short (one sentence) synopsis of the topic of a
reference page
- refsect1 - A major
subsection of a reference entry
- refsect1info -
Meta-information for a RefSect1
- refsect2 - A
subsection of a RefSect1
- refsect2info -
Meta-information for a RefSect2
- refsect3 - A
subsection of a RefSect2
- refsect3info -
Meta-information for a RefSect3
- refsection - A recursive
section in a refentry
- refsectioninfo - Meta-information
for a refsection
- refsynopsisdiv
- A syntactic synopsis of the subject of the
reference page
- refsynopsisdivinfo -
Meta-information for a RefSynopsisDiv
- releaseinfo -
Information about a particular release of a
document
- remark - A remark (or
comment) intended for presentation in a draft
manuscript
- replaceable -
Content that may or must be replaced by the user
- returnvalue - The
value returned by a function
- 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
- rhs - The right-hand
side of an EBNF production
- row - A row in a
table
- sbr - An explicit line
break in a command synopsis
- screen - Text that a
user sees or might see on a computer screen
- screenco - A screen
with associated areas used in callouts
- screeninfo -
Information about how a screen shot was produced
- screenshot - A
representation of what the user sees or might see on
a computer screen
- secondary - A
secondary word or phrase in an index term
- secondaryie - A
secondary term in an index entry, rather than in the
text
- sect1 - A top-level
section of document
- sect1info -
Meta-information for a Sect1
- sect2 - A subsection
within a Sect1
- sect2info -
Meta-information for a Sect2
- sect3 - A subsection
within a Sect2
- sect3info -
Meta-information for a Sect3
- sect4 - A subsection
within a Sect3
- sect4info -
Meta-information for a Sect4
- sect5 - A subsection
within a Sect4
- sect5info -
Meta-information for a Sect5
- section - A recursive
section
- sectioninfo -
Meta-information for a recursive section
- see - Part of an index
term directing the reader instead to another entry in
the index
- seealso - Part of an
index term directing the reader also to another entry
in the index
- seealsoie - A See
also entry in an index, rather than in the text
- seeie - A See entry in
an index, rather than in the text
- seg - An element of a list
item in a segmented list
- seglistitem - A
list item in a segmented list
- segmentedlist -
A segmented list, a list of sets of elements
- segtitle - The title
of an element of a list item in a segmented list
- seriesvolnums -
Numbers of the volumes in a series of books
- set - A collection of
books
- setindex - An index
to a set of books
- setindexinfo -
Meta-information for a SetIndex
- setinfo -
Meta-information for a Set
- sgmltag - A component
of SGML markup
- shortaffil - A
brief description of an affiliation
- shortcut - A key
combination for an action that is also accessible
through a menu
- sidebar - A portion of
a document that is isolated from the main narrative
flow
- sidebarinfo -
Meta-information for a Sidebar
- simpara - A paragraph
that contains only text and inline markup, no block
elements
- simplelist - An
undecorated list of single words or short
phrases
- simplemsgentry - A wrapper for a
simpler entry in a message set
- simplesect - A
section of a document with no subdivisions
- spanspec - Formatting
information for a spanned column in a table
- state - A state or
province in an address
- step - A unit of action
in a procedure
- street - A street
address in an address
- structfield - A
field in a structure (in the programming language
sense)
- structname - The
name of a structure (in the programming language
sense)
- 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
- subscript - A
subscript (as in H2O, the molecular formula for
water)
- substeps - A wrapper
for steps that occur within steps in a procedure
- subtitle - The
subtitle of a document
- superscript - A
superscript (as in x2, the mathematical notation for
x multiplied by itself)
- surname - A family
name; in western cultures the last name
- svg:svg
![[SVG]](figures/rev_svg.png)
- An SVG
graphic
- symbol - A name that is
replaced by a value before processing
- synopfragment -
A portion of a CmdSynopsis broken out from the main
body of the synopsis
- synopfragmentref - A
reference to a fragment of a command synopsis
- synopsis - A
general-purpose element for representing the syntax
of commands or functions
- 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
- tertiary - A tertiary
word or phrase in an index term
- tertiaryie - A
tertiary term in an index entry, rather than in the
text
- textdata - Pointer to
external text data
- 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
- tip - A suggestion to the
user, set off from the text
- 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
- toc - A table of
contents
- tocback - An entry in
a table of contents for a back matter component
- tocchap - An entry in
a table of contents for a component in the body of a
document
- tocentry - A
component title in a table of contents
- tocfront - An entry
in a table of contents for a front matter
component
- toclevel1 - A
top-level entry within a table of contents entry for
a chapter-like component
- toclevel2 - A
second-level entry within a table of contents entry
for a chapter-like component
- toclevel3 - A
third-level entry within a table of contents entry
for a chapter-like component
- toclevel4 - A
fourth-level entry within a table of contents entry
for a chapter-like component
- toclevel5 - A
fifth-level entry within a table of contents entry
for a chapter-like component
- tocpart - An entry in
a table of contents for a part of a book
- token - A unit of
information
- trademark - A
trademark
- type - The classification
of a value
- ulink - A link that
addresses its target by means of a URL (Uniform
Resource Locator)
- userinput - Data
entered by the user
- varargs - An empty
element in a function synopsis indicating a variable
number of arguments
- 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
- varname - The name of
a variable
- videodata - Pointer
to external video data
- videoobject - A
wrapper for video data and its associated
meta-information
- void - An empty element
in a function synopsis indicating that the function
in question takes no arguments
- volumenum - The
volume number of a document in a set (as of books in
a set or articles in a journal)
- warning - An
admonition set off from the text
- wordasword - A word
meant specifically as a word and not representing
anything else
- xref - A cross reference
to another part of the document
- year - The year of
publication of a document
- II. DocBook Parameter
Entity Reference
-
- %*.attlist; Parameter
Entities - Control individual attribute list
declarations
- %*.attrib; Parameter
Entities - Define attributes on selected
elements
- %*.attval; Parameter
Entities - Define attribute values
- CALS Table Model Parameter
Entities - Parameter entities which control the
CALS Table Model
- %*.class; Parameter
Entities - Parameter entities which define the
DocBook classes
- Content Model Parameter
Entities - Control groups of element
definitions
- Content Module
Parameter Entities - Control groups of element
definitions
- Common Attribute
Parameter Entities - Parameter entities which
define the common attributes
- DocBook Content
Parameter Entities - Specify content of selected
elements
- %db*; Parameter
Entities - Control inclusion of DocBook
modules
- %*.element; Parameter
Entities - Control individual element
declarations
- %*.exclusion; Parameter
Entities - Control SGML exclusions
- %*.hook; Parameter
Entities - Control access to additional
modules
- %*.inclusion; Parameter
Entities - Control SGML inclusions
- %iso*; Parameter
Entities - Parameter entities which control ISO
Entity Sets
- %local.*.attrib; Parameter
Entities - Allow attribute extension
- %local.*.class; Parameter
Entities - Allow class extension
- %local.*.mix; Parameter
Entities - Allow mixture extension
- %*.mix; Parameter
Entities - Parameter entities which define the
DocBook mixtures
- %*.module; Parameter
Entities - Control element definitions
- %*.role.attrib; Parameter
Entities - Parameter entities which control
definition of role attributes
- III. DocBook Character
Entity Reference
-
- Added Math Symbols: Arrow
Relations Character Entities (%isoamsa;) - Added
Math Symbols: Arrow Relations Character Entities
- Added Math Symbols:
Binary Operators Character Entities (%isoamsb;) -
Added Math Symbols: Binary Operators Character
Entities
- Added Math Symbols:
Delimiters Character Entities (%isoamsc;) - Added
Math Symbols: Delimiters Character Entities
- Added Math Symbols:
Negated Relations Character Entities (%isoamsn;)
- Added Math Symbols: Negated Relations Character
Entities
- Added Math Symbols:
Ordinary Character Entities (%isoamso;) - Added
Math Symbols: Ordinary Character Entities
- Added Math Symbols:
Relations Character Entities (%isoamsr;) - Added
Math Symbols: Relations Character Entities
- Box and Line Drawing
Character Entities (%isobox;) - Box and Line
Drawing Character Entities
- Russian Cyrillic
Character Entities (%isocyr1;) - Russian Cyrillic
Character Entities
- Non-Russian Cyrillic
Character Entities (%isocyr2;) - Non-Russian
Cyrillic Character Entities
- Diacritical Marks
Character Entities (%isodia;) - Diacritical Marks
Character Entities
- Greek Letters Character
Entities (%isogrk1;) - Greek Letters Character
Entities
- Monotoniko Greek
Character Entities (%isogrk2;) - Monotoniko Greek
Character Entities
- Greek Symbols Character
Entities (%isogrk3;) - Greek Symbols Character
Entities
- Alternative Greek Symbols
Character Entities (%isogrk4;) - Alternative
Greek Symbols Character Entities
- ISO Latin 1 Character
Entities (%isolat1;) - ISO Latin 1 Character
Entities
- Added Latin 2 Character
Entities (%isolat2;) - Added Latin 2 Character
Entities
- Numeric and Special
Graphic Character Entities (%isonum;) - Numeric
and Special Graphic Character Entities
- Publishing Character
Entities (%isopub;) - Publishing Character
Entities
- General Technical
Character Entities (%isotech;) - General
Technical Character Entities
