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application — The name of a software program
application ::= (#PCDATA|footnoteref|xref|biblioref|abbrev|acronym|citation|citerefentry|citetitle|citebiblioid|emphasis|firstterm|foreignphrase|glossterm|termdef|footnote|phrase|orgname|quote|trademark|wordasword|personname|link|olink|ulink|action|application|classname|methodname|interfacename|exceptionname|ooclass|oointerface|ooexception|package|command|computeroutput|database|envar|errorcode|errorname|errortype|errortext|filename|function|guibutton|guiicon|guilabel|guimenu|guimenuitem|guisubmenu|hardware|interface|keycap|keycode|keycombo|keysym|literal|code|constant|markup|medialabel|menuchoice|mousebutton|option|optional|parameter|prompt|property|replaceable|returnvalue|sgmltag|structfield|structname|symbol|systemitem|uri|token|type|userinput|varname|nonterminal|anchor|author|authorinitials|corpauthor|corpcredit|modespec|othercredit|productname|productnumber|revhistory|remark|subscript|superscript|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|inlineequation|synopsis|cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis|classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis|constructorsynopsis|destructorsynopsis|methodsynopsis|indexterm|beginpage)*
Name | Type | Default | |||
| moreinfo |
| "none" | |||
| class |
| None |
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.
Formatted inline. The MoreInfo attribute
can help generate a link or query to retrieve additional information.
The InterfaceDefinition
element will be discarded in DocBook V4.0. It will no longer be available
in the content model of this element.
These elements contain application:
action, application, attribution, bibliomisc, bridgehead, citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, code, command, computeroutput, database, emphasis, entry, filename, firstterm, foreignphrase, funcparams, funcsynopsisinfo, function, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm, hardware, interfacename, keycap, lineannotation, link, literal, literallayout, lotentry, member, msgaud, olink, option, optional, para, parameter, phrase, primary, primaryie, productname, programlisting, property, quote, refclass, refdescriptor, refentrytitle, refname, refpurpose, remark, screen, screeninfo, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, seg, segtitle, simpara, subtitle, synopsis, systemitem, td, term, termdef, tertiary, tertiaryie, th, title, titleabbrev, tocback, tocentry, tocfront, trademark, ulink, userinput.
The following elements occur in application:
abbrev, acronym, action, anchor, application, author, authorinitials, beginpage, biblioref, citation, citebiblioid, citerefentry, citetitle, classname, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, code, command, computeroutput, constant, constructorsynopsis, corpauthor, corpcredit, database, destructorsynopsis, email, emphasis, envar, errorcode, errorname, errortext, 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, orgname, othercredit, package, parameter, personname, phrase, productname, productnumber, prompt, property, quote, remark, replaceable, returnvalue, revhistory, sgmltag, structfield, structname, subscript, superscript, symbol, synopsis, systemitem, termdef, token, trademark, type, ulink, uri, userinput, varname, wordasword, xref.
Class identifies an application as either
a hardware application or a software application.
If MoreInfo is set to RefEntry,
it implies that a RefEntry exists which further describes the
Application.
<!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.
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