application
Synopsis
Mixed Content Model
application ::= (#PCDATA|footnoteref|xref|abbrev|acronym|citation|citerefentry| citetitle|emphasis|firstterm|foreignphrase|glossterm|footnote| phrase|quote|trademark|wordasword|link|olink|ulink|action| application|classname|methodname|interfacename|exceptionname| ooclass|oointerface|ooexception|command|computeroutput|database| email|envar|errorcode|errorname|errortype|filename|function| guibutton|guiicon|guilabel|guimenu|guimenuitem|guisubmenu| hardware|interface|keycap|keycode|keycombo|keysym|literal| constant|markup|medialabel|menuchoice|mousebutton|option| optional|parameter|prompt|property|replaceable|returnvalue| sgmltag|structfield|structname|symbol|systemitem|token|type| userinput|varname|nonterminal|anchor|author|authorinitials| corpauthor|modespec|othercredit|productname|productnumber| revhistory|remark|subscript|superscript|inlinegraphic| inlinemediaobject|inlineequation|synopsis|cmdsynopsis| funcsynopsis|classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis|constructorsynopsis| destructorsynopsis|methodsynopsis|indexterm|beginpage)*
Attributes
Name |
Type |
Default |
||
| class |
Enumeration:
|
None | ||
| moreinfo |
Enumeration:
|
"none" |
Parameter Entities
The following parameter entities contain application:
| Parameter Entities | ||
| %cptr.char.mix; | %ndxterm.char.mix; | %para.char.mix; |
| %refclass.char.mix; | %refinline.char.mix; | %refname.char.mix; |
| %tbl.entry.mdl; | %tech.char.class; | %title.char.mix; |
Description
The appelation “application” is usually reserved for larger software packages—WordPerfect, for example, but not grep. In some domains, Application may also apply to a piece of hardware.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline. The MoreInfo attribute can help generate a link or query to retrieve additional information.
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Future Changes
The InterfaceDefinition element will be discarded in DocBook V4.0. It will no longer be available in the content model of this element.
Parents
These elements contain application: application, attribution, bibliomisc, bridgehead, citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, command, computeroutput, emphasis, entry, foreignphrase, funcparams, funcsynopsisinfo, function, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm, lineannotation, link, literal, literallayout, lotentry, member, msgaud, olink, optional, para, phrase, primary, primaryie, productname, programlisting, quote, refclass, refdescriptor, refentrytitle, refname, refpurpose, remark, screen, screeninfo, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, seg, segtitle, simpara, subtitle, synopsis, term, tertiary, tertiaryie, title, titleabbrev, tocback, tocentry, tocfront, trademark, ulink, userinput.
Children
The following elements occur in application: abbrev, acronym, action, anchor, application, author, authorinitials, beginpage, citation, citerefentry, citetitle, classname, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, command, computeroutput, constant, constructorsynopsis, corpauthor, database, destructorsynopsis, email, emphasis, envar, errorcode, errorname, errortype, exceptionname, fieldsynopsis, filename, firstterm, footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase, funcsynopsis, function, glossterm, guibutton, guiicon, guilabel, guimenu, guimenuitem, guisubmenu, hardware, indexterm, inlineequation, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, interface, interfacename, keycap, keycode, keycombo, keysym, link, literal, markup, medialabel, menuchoice, methodname, methodsynopsis, modespec, mousebutton, nonterminal, olink, ooclass, ooexception, oointerface, option, optional, othercredit, parameter, phrase, productname, productnumber, prompt, property, quote, remark, replaceable, returnvalue, revhistory, sgmltag, structfield, structname, subscript, superscript, symbol, synopsis, systemitem, token, trademark, type, ulink, userinput, varname, wordasword, xref.
Attributes
- class
Class identifies an application as either a hardware application or a software application.
- moreinfo
If MoreInfo is set to RefEntry, it implies that a RefEntry exists which further describes the Application.
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>
<application>Word Perfect</application> is one of several word
processors to claim support for <acronym>SGML</acronym>.
</para>
Word Perfect is one of several word processors to claim support for SGML.
For additional examples, see also envar, medialabel, systemitem .