abstract
Prev  DocBook Element Reference  Next

This is an alpha version of this book.

abstract

Name

abstract — A summary

Synopsis

Content Model

abstract ::=
(title?,
 (formalpara|para|simpara)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain abstract:

Parameter Entities
%bibliocomponent.mix; %bookcomponent.content; %component.mix;
%descobj.class; %divcomponent.mix; %refcomponent.mix;

Description

An abstract can occur in most components of DocBook. It is expected to contain some sort of summary of the content with which it is associated (by containment).

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Sometimes suppressed. Often presented in alternate outputs.

Parents

These elements contain abstract: appendix, appendixinfo, article, articleinfo, bibliodiv, biblioentry, bibliography, bibliographyinfo, bibliomixed, bibliomset, biblioset, blockquote, bookinfo, callout, chapter, chapterinfo, glossary, glossaryinfo, glossdiv, index, indexinfo, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, objectinfo, partinfo, partintro, preface, prefaceinfo, procedure, refentryinfo, referenceinfo, refsect1, refsect1info, refsect2, refsect2info, refsect3, refsect3info, refsynopsisdiv, refsynopsisdivinfo, sect1, sect1info, sect2, sect2info, sect3, sect3info, sect4, sect4info, sect5, sect5info, section, sectioninfo, setindex, setindexinfo, setinfo, sidebarinfo, simplesect, step.

Children

The following elements occur in abstract: formalpara, para, simpara, title.

See Also

blockquote, epigraph, highlights, sidebar.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<chapter><title>Some Chapter</title>
<abstract>
<para>
In brief, &hellip;
</para>
</abstract>
<para>
In this chapter, &hellip;
</para>
</chapter>

For additional examples, see also section .

Prev  Home  Next
abbrev  Up  accel

Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2001 O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.