epigraph
epigraph — A short inscription at the beginning of a document or component.
Synopsis
epigraph ::= ![[x]](figs/web/nav/delete.gif)
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- Sequence of:
info? (db.titleforbidden.info)attribution?- One or more of:
- Paragraph elements
- Verbatim elements
- Paragraph elements
Attributes
Description
An epigraph is a short inscription, often a
quotation or poem, set at the beginning of a document or component.
Epigraphs are usually related somehow to the content that follows them
and may help set the tone for the component.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block.
Parents
These elements contain epigraph: acknowledgements, answer, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, bibliolist, blockquote, callout, calloutlist, caption, chapter, colophon, cover, dedication, dialogue, drama, entry, example, figure, footnote, glossary, glossdef, glossdiv, glosslist, index, informalexample, informalfigure, itemizedlist, legalnotice, linegroup, listitem, note, orderedlist, para, partintro, poetry, preface, procedure, qandadiv, qandaset, question, result, revdescription, section, setindex, sidebar, simplesect, step, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary, textobject, toc, variablelist.
Children
The following elements occur in epigraph: anchor, attribution, formalpara, info (db.titleforbidden.info), literallayout, para, simpara.