Description
Emphasis provides a method for indicating that certain text should be stressed in some way.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline. Emphasized text is traditionally presented in italics or boldface. A Role attribute of bold or strong is often used to generate boldface, if italics is the default presentation.
Emphasis is often used wherever its typographic presentation is desired, even when other markup might theoretically be more appropriate.
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 Emphasis: Abbrev, Ackno, Acronym, Application, ArtPageNums, Attribution, AuthorInitials, BiblioMisc, BridgeHead, Citation, CiteTitle, City, CollabName, Comment, ConfDates, ConfNum, ConfSponsor, ConfTitle, ContractNum, ContractSponsor, Contrib, CorpAuthor, CorpName, Country, Date, Edition, Email, Emphasis, entry, Fax, FirstName, FirstTerm, ForeignPhrase, GlossSee, GlossSeeAlso, GlossTerm, Holder, Honorific, InvPartNumber, ISBN, ISSN, IssueNum, JobTitle, Label, Lineage, LineAnnotation, Link, LiteralLayout, LoTentry, ManVolNum, Member, ModeSpec, MsgAud, OLink, OrgDiv, OrgName, OtherAddr, OtherName, PageNums, Para, Phone, Phrase, POB, Postcode, Primary, PrimaryIE, ProductName, ProductNumber, ProgramListing, PubDate, PublisherName, PubsNumber, Quote, RefEntryTitle, RefMiscInfo, RefPurpose, ReleaseInfo, RevNumber, RevRemark, Screen, ScreenInfo, Secondary, SecondaryIE, See, SeeAlso, SeeAlsoIE, SeeIE, Seg, SegTitle, SeriesVolNums, ShortAffil, SimPara, State, Street, Subscript, Subtitle, Superscript, Surname, Synopsis, Term, Tertiary, TertiaryIE, Title, TitleAbbrev, ToCback, ToCentry, ToCfront, Trademark, ULink, VolumeNum, WordAsWord, Year.
Children
The following elements occur in Emphasis: Abbrev, Acronym, Action, Anchor, Application, Author, AuthorInitials, Citation, CiteRefEntry, CiteTitle, ClassName, CmdSynopsis, Command, Comment, ComputerOutput, Constant, CorpAuthor, Database, Email, Emphasis, EnVar, ErrorCode, ErrorName, ErrorType, Filename, FirstTerm, Footnote, FootnoteRef, ForeignPhrase, FuncSynopsis, Function, GlossTerm, GUIButton, GUIIcon, GUILabel, GUIMenu, GUIMenuItem, GUISubmenu, Hardware, IndexTerm, InlineEquation, InlineGraphic, InlineMediaObject, Interface, InterfaceDefinition, KeyCap, KeyCode, KeyCombo, KeySym, Link, Literal, Markup, MediaLabel, MenuChoice, ModeSpec, MouseButton, MsgText, OLink, Option, Optional, OtherCredit, Parameter, Phrase, ProductName, ProductNumber, Prompt, Property, Quote, Replaceable, ReturnValue, RevHistory, SGMLTag, StructField, StructName, Subscript, Superscript, Symbol, Synopsis, SystemItem, Token, Trademark, Type, ULink, UserInput, VarName, WordAsWord, XRef.
In some contexts, the following elements are allowed anywhere: BeginPage, IndexTerm.
In some contexts, the following elements are excluded: Acronym, Footnote, IndexTerm.