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$Date: 2002-06-12 07:19:37 -0400 (Wed, 12 Jun 2002) $
abstract — A summary
abstract ::= (title?, (%para.class;)+)
The following parameter entities contain abstract:
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%bibliocomponent.mix; | %bookcomponent.content; | %component.mix; |
%descobj.class; | %divcomponent.mix; | %info.class; |
%listpreamble.mix; | %refcomponent.mix; | |
An abstract can occur in most components of DocBook. It is expected to contain some sort of summary of the content with which it is associated (by containment).
Formatted as a displayed block. Sometimes suppressed. Often presented in alternate outputs.
These elements contain abstract:
appendix, appendixinfo, article, articleinfo, bibliodiv, biblioentry, bibliography, bibliographyinfo, bibliomixed, bibliomset, biblioset, blockinfo, blockquote, bookinfo, callout, chapter, chapterinfo, glossary, glossaryinfo, glossdiv, index, indexinfo, itemizedlist, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, objectinfo, orderedlist, partinfo, partintro, preface, prefaceinfo, procedure, refentryinfo, referenceinfo, refsect1, refsect1info, refsect2, refsect2info, refsect3, refsect3info, refsection, refsectioninfo, refsynopsisdiv, refsynopsisdivinfo, sect1, sect1info, sect2, sect2info, sect3, sect3info, sect4, sect4info, sect5, sect5info, section, sectioninfo, setindex, setindexinfo, setinfo, sidebarinfo, simplesect, step, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary, variablelist.
<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<chapter><title>Some Chapter</title>
<abstract>
<para>
In brief, …
</para>
</abstract>
<para>
In this chapter, …
</para>
</chapter>For additional examples, see also
section.
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