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segmentedlist

Name

segmentedlist — A segmented list, a list of sets of elements

Synopsis

Content Model

segmentedlist ::=
((title,titleabbrev?)?,
 segtitle,segtitle+,seglistitem+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain segmentedlist:

Parameter Entities
%admon.mix; %bookcomponent.content; %component.mix;
%divcomponent.mix; %example.mix; %footnote.mix;
%glossdef.mix; %highlights.mix; %legalnotice.mix;
%list.class; %para.mix; %qandaset.mix;
%refcomponent.mix; %revdescription.mix; %sidebar.mix;
%tabentry.mix; %tbl.entry.mdl; %textobject.mix;

Description

A SegmentedList consists of a set of headings (SegTitles) and a list of parallel sets of elements. Every SegListItem contains a set of elements that have a one-to-one correspondence with the headings. Each of these elements is contained in a Seg.

Processing expectations

Segmented lists can be formatted in a number of ways. Two popular formats are tabular and as a list of repeated headings and elements. In a tabular presentation, the SegmentedList is the table. In the list presentation, the SegmentedList surrounds the entire list of blocks of heading/element pairs.

[4.0] Future Changes

In DocBook V4.0, at least two SegTitles will be required.

Children

The following elements occur in segmentedlist: seglistitem, segtitle, title, titleabbrev.

See Also

calloutlist, itemizedlist, listitem, orderedlist, simplelist, variablelist.

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 capitals of the states of the United States of America are:

<segmentedlist><title>State Capitals</title>
<segtitle>State</segtitle>
<segtitle>Capital</segtitle>
<seglistitem><seg>Alabama</seg><seg>Montgomery</seg></seglistitem>
<seglistitem><seg>Alaska</seg><seg>Anchorage</seg></seglistitem>
<seglistitem><seg>Arkansas</seg><seg>Little Rock</seg></seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

&hellip;
</para>

The capitals of the states of the United States of America are:

State Capitals

State: Alabama

Capital: Montgomery

State: Alaska

Capital: Anchorage

State: Arkansas

Capital: Little Rock

Alternatively:

Table 2. State Capitals

State Capital
Alabama ???
Alaska Anchorage
Arkansas Little Rock

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