Table of Contents
- I. DocBook Element Reference
- abbrev - An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period
- abstract - A summary
- accel - A graphical user interface (GUI) keyboard shortcut
- ackno - Acknowledgements in an Article
- acronym - An often pronounceable word made from the initial (or selected) letters of a name or phrase
- action - A response to a user event
- address - A real-world address, generally a postal address
- affiliation - The institutional affiliation of an individual
- alt - Text representation for a graphical element
- anchor - A spot in the document
- answer - An answer to a question posed in a QandASet
- appendix - An appendix in a Book or Article
- appendixinfo - Meta-information for an Appendix
- application - The name of a software program
- area - A region defined for a Callout in a graphic or code example
- areaset - A set of related areas in a graphic or code example
- areaspec - A collection of regions in a graphic or code example
- arg - An argument in a CmdSynopsis
- article - An article
- articleinfo - Meta-information for an Article
- artpagenums - The page numbers of an article as published
- attribution - The source of a block quote or epigraph
- audiodata - Pointer to external audio data
- audioobject - A wrapper for audio data and its associated meta-information
- author - The name of an individual author
- authorblurb - A short description or note about an author
- authorgroup - Wrapper for author information when a document has multiple authors or collabarators
- authorinitials - The initials or other short identifier for an author
- beginpage - The location of a page break in a print version of the document
- bibliocoverage - The spatial or temporal coverage of a document
- bibliodiv - A section of a Bibliography
- biblioentry - An entry in a Bibliography
- bibliography - A bibliography
- bibliographyinfo - Meta-information for a Bibliography
- biblioid - An identifier for a document
- bibliolist - A wrapper for a set of bibliography entries
- bibliomisc - Untyped bibliographic information
- bibliomixed - An entry in a Bibliography
- bibliomset - A cooked container for related bibliographic information
- biblioref - A cross reference to a bibliographic entry
- bibliorelation - The relationship of a document to another
- biblioset - A raw container for related bibliographic information
- bibliosource - The source of a document
- blockinfo - Meta-information for a block element
- blockquote - A quotation set off from the main text
- book - A book
- bookinfo - Meta-information for a Book
- bridgehead - A free-floating heading
- callout - A “called out” description of a marked Area
- calloutlist - A list of Callouts
- caption - A caption
- caution - A note of caution
- chapter - A chapter, as of a book
- chapterinfo - Meta-information for a Chapter
- citation - An inline bibliographic reference to another published work
- citebiblioid - A citation of a bibliographic identifier
- citerefentry - A citation to a reference page
- citetitle - The title of a cited work
- city - The name of a city in an address
- classname - The name of a class, in the object-oriented programming sense
- classsynopsis - The syntax summary for a class definition
- classsynopsisinfo - Information supplementing the contents of a ClassSynopsis
- cmdsynopsis - A syntax summary for a software command
- co - The location of a callout embedded in text
- code - An inline code fragment
- col - Specifications for a column in an HTML table
- colgroup - A group of columns in an HTML table
- collab - Identifies a collaborator
- collabname - The name of a collaborator
- colophon - Text at the back of a book describing facts about its production
- colspec - Specifications for a column in a table
- command - The name of an executable program or other software command
- computeroutput - Data, generally text, displayed or presented by a computer
- confdates - The dates of a conference for which a document was written
- confgroup - A wrapper for document meta-information about a conference
- confnum - An identifier, frequently numerical, associated with a conference for which a document was written
- confsponsor - The sponsor of a conference for which a document was written
- conftitle - The title of a conference for which a document was written
- constant - A programming or system constant
- constraint - A constraint in an EBNF production
- constraintdef - The definition of a constraint in an EBNF production
- constructorsynopsis - A syntax summary for a constructor
- contractnum - The contract number of a document
- contractsponsor - The sponsor of a contract
- contrib - A summary of the contributions made to a document by a credited source
- copyright - Copyright information about a document
- coref - A cross reference to a co
- corpauthor - A corporate author, as opposed to an individual
- corpcredit - A corporation or organization credited in a document
- corpname - The name of a corporation
- country - The name of a country
- database - The name of a database, or part of a database
- date - The date of publication or revision of a document
- dedication - A wrapper for the dedication section of a book
- destructorsynopsis - A syntax summary for a destructor
- edition - The name or number of an edition of a document
- editor - The name of the editor of a document
- email - An email address
- emphasis - Emphasized text
- entry - A cell in a table
- entrytbl - A subtable appearing in place of an Entry in a table
- envar - A software environment variable
- epigraph - A short inscription at the beginning of a document or component
- equation - A displayed mathematical equation
- errorcode - An error code
- errorname - An error name
- errortext - An error message.
- errortype - The classification of an error message
- example - A formal example, with a title
- exceptionname - The name of an exception
- fax - A fax number
- fieldsynopsis - The name of a field in a class definition
- figure - A formal figure, generally an illustration, with a title
- filename - The name of a file
- firstname - The first name of a person
- firstterm - The first occurrence of a term
- footnote - A footnote
- footnoteref - A cross reference to a footnote (a footnote mark)
- foreignphrase - A word or phrase in a language other than the primary language of the document
- formalpara - A paragraph with a title
- funcdef - A function (subroutine) name and its return type
- funcparams - Parameters for a function referenced through a function pointer in a synopsis
- funcprototype - The prototype of a function
- funcsynopsis - The syntax summary for a function definition
- funcsynopsisinfo - Information supplementing the FuncDefs of a FuncSynopsis
- function - The name of a function or subroutine, as in a programming language
- glossary - A glossary
- glossaryinfo - Meta-information for a Glossary
- glossdef - A definition in a GlossEntry
- glossdiv - A division in a Glossary
- glossentry - An entry in a Glossary or GlossList
- glosslist - A wrapper for a set of GlossEntrys
- glosssee - A cross-reference from one GlossEntry to another
- glossseealso - A cross-reference from one GlossEntry to another
- glossterm - A glossary term
- graphic - A displayed graphical object (not an inline)
- graphicco - A graphic that contains callout areas
- group - A group of elements in a CmdSynopsis
- guibutton - The text on a button in a GUI
- guiicon - Graphic and/or text appearing as a icon in a GUI
- guilabel - The text of a label in a GUI
- guimenu - The name of a menu in a GUI
- guimenuitem - The name of a terminal menu item in a GUI
- guisubmenu - The name of a submenu in a GUI
- hardware - A physical part of a computer system
- highlights - A summary of the main points of the discussed component
- holder - The name of the individual or organization that holds a copyright
- honorific - The title of a person
- html:form - An HTML form
- imagedata - Pointer to external image data
- imageobject - A wrapper for image data and its associated meta-information
- imageobjectco - A wrapper for an image object with callouts
- important - An admonition set off from the text
- index - An index
- indexdiv - A division in an index
- indexentry - An entry in an index
- indexinfo - Meta-information for an Index
- indexterm - A wrapper for terms to be indexed
- informalequation - A displayed mathematical equation without a title
- informalexample - A displayed example without a title
- informalfigure - A untitled figure
- informaltable - A table without a title
- initializer - The initializer for a FieldSynopsis
- inlineequation - A mathematical equation or expression occurring inline
- inlinegraphic - An object containing or pointing to graphical data that will be rendered inline
- inlinemediaobject - An inline media object (video, audio, image, and so on)
- interface - An element of a GUI
- interfacename - The name of an interface
- invpartnumber - An inventory part number
- isbn - The International Standard Book Number of a document
- issn - The International Standard Serial Number of a periodical
- issuenum - The number of an issue of a journal
- itemizedlist - A list in which each entry is marked with a bullet or other dingbat
- itermset - A set of index terms in the meta-information of a document
- jobtitle - The title of an individual in an organization
- keycap - The text printed on a key on a keyboard
- keycode - The internal, frequently numeric, identifier for a key on a keyboard
- keycombo - A combination of input actions
- keysym - The symbolic name of a key on a keyboard
- keyword - One of a set of keywords describing the content of a document
- keywordset - A set of keywords describing the content of a document
- label - A label on a Question or Answer
- legalnotice - A statement of legal obligations or requirements
- lhs - The left-hand side of an EBNF production
- lineage - The portion of a person's name indicating a relationship to ancestors
- lineannotation - A comment on a line in a verbatim listing
- link - A hypertext link
- listitem - A wrapper for the elements of a list item
- literal - Inline text that is some literal value
- literallayout - A block of text in which line breaks and white space are to be reproduced faithfully
- lot - A list of the titles of formal objects (as tables or figures) in a document
- lotentry - An entry in a list of titles
- manvolnum - A reference volume number
- markup - A string of formatting markup in text that is to be represented literally
- mathphrase - A mathematical phrase, an expression that can be represented with ordinary text and a small amount of markup
- medialabel - A name that identifies the physical medium on which some information resides
- mediaobject - A displayed media object (video, audio, image, etc.)
- mediaobjectco - A media object that contains callouts
- member - An element of a simple list
- menuchoice - A selection or series of selections from a menu
- methodname - The name of a method
- methodparam - Parameters to a method
- methodsynopsis - A syntax summary for a method
- mml:math - A MathML equation
- modespec - Application-specific information necessary for the completion of an OLink
- modifier - Modifiers in a synopsis
- mousebutton - The conventional name of a mouse button
- msg - A message in a message set
- msgaud - The audience to which a message in a message set is relevant
- msgentry - A wrapper for an entry in a message set
- msgexplan - Explanatory material relating to a message in a message set
- msginfo - Information about a message in a message set
- msglevel - The level of importance or severity of a message in a message set
- msgmain - The primary component of a message in a message set
- msgorig - The origin of a message in a message set
- msgrel - A related component of a message in a message set
- msgset - A detailed set of messages, usually error messages
- msgsub - A subcomponent of a message in a message set
- msgtext - The actual text of a message component in a message set
- nonterminal - A non-terminal in an EBNF production
- note - A message set off from the text
- objectinfo - Meta-information for an object
- olink - A link that addresses its target indirectly, through an entity
- ooclass - A class in an object-oriented programming language
- ooexception - An exception in an object-oriented programming language
- oointerface - An interface in an object-oriented programming language
- option - An option for a software command
- optional - Optional information
- orderedlist - A list in which each entry is marked with a sequentially incremented label
- orgdiv - A division of an organization
- orgname - The name of an organization other than a corporation
- otheraddr - Uncategorized information in address
- othercredit - A person or entity, other than an author or editor, credited in a document
- othername - A component of a persons name that is not a first name, surname, or lineage
- package - A package
- pagenums - The numbers of the pages in a book, for use in a bibliographic entry
- para - A paragraph
- paramdef - Information about a function parameter in a programming language
- parameter - A value or a symbolic reference to a value
- part - A division in a book
- partinfo - Meta-information for a Part
- partintro - An introduction to the contents of a part
- personblurb - A short description or note about a person
- personname - The personal name of an individual
- phone - A telephone number
- phrase - A span of text
- pob - A post office box in an address
- postcode - A postal code in an address
- preface - Introductory matter preceding the first chapter of a book
- prefaceinfo - Meta-information for a Preface
- primary - The primary word or phrase under which an index term should be sorted
- primaryie - A primary term in an index entry, not in the text
- printhistory - The printing history of a document
- procedure - A list of operations to be performed in a well-defined sequence
- production - A production in a set of EBNF productions
- productionrecap - A cross-reference to an EBNF production
- productionset - A set of EBNF productions
- productname - The formal name of a product
- productnumber - A number assigned to a product
- programlisting - A literal listing of all or part of a program
- programlistingco - A program listing with associated areas used in callouts
- prompt - A character or string indicating the start of an input field in a computer display
- property - A unit of data associated with some part of a computer system
- pubdate - The date of publication of a document
- publisher - The publisher of a document
- publishername - The name of the publisher of a document
- pubsnumber - A number assigned to a publication other than an ISBN or ISSN or inventory part number
- qandadiv - A titled division in a QandASet
- qandaentry - A question/answer set within a QandASet
- qandaset - A question-and-answer set
- question - A question in a QandASet
- quote - An inline quotation
- refclass - The scope or other indication of applicability of a reference entry
- refdescriptor - A description of the topic of a reference page
- refentry - A reference page (originally a UNIX man-style reference page)
- refentryinfo - Meta-information for a Refentry
- refentrytitle - The title of a reference page
- reference - A collection of reference entries
- referenceinfo - Meta-information for a Reference
- refmeta - Meta-information for a reference entry
- refmiscinfo - Meta-information for a reference entry other than the title and volume number
- refname - The name of (one of) the subject(s) of a reference page
- refnamediv - The name, purpose, and classification of a reference page
- refpurpose - A short (one sentence) synopsis of the topic of a reference page
- refsect1 - A major subsection of a reference entry
- refsect1info - Meta-information for a RefSect1
- refsect2 - A subsection of a RefSect1
- refsect2info - Meta-information for a RefSect2
- refsect3 - A subsection of a RefSect2
- refsect3info - Meta-information for a RefSect3
- refsection - A recursive section in a refentry
- refsectioninfo - Meta-information for a refsection
- refsynopsisdiv - A syntactic synopsis of the subject of the reference page
- refsynopsisdivinfo - Meta-information for a RefSynopsisDiv
- releaseinfo - Information about a particular release of a document
- remark - A remark (or comment) intended for presentation in a draft manuscript
- replaceable - Content that may or must be replaced by the user
- returnvalue - The value returned by a function
- revdescription - A extended description of a revision to a document
- revhistory - A history of the revisions to a document
- revision - An entry describing a single revision in the history of the revisions to a document
- revnumber - A document revision number
- revremark - A description of a revision to a document
- rhs - The right-hand side of an EBNF production
- row - A row in a table
- sbr - An explicit line break in a command synopsis
- screen - Text that a user sees or might see on a computer screen
- screenco - A screen with associated areas used in callouts
- screeninfo - Information about how a screen shot was produced
- screenshot - A representation of what the user sees or might see on a computer screen
- secondary - A secondary word or phrase in an index term
- secondaryie - A secondary term in an index entry, rather than in the text
- sect1 - A top-level section of document
- sect1info - Meta-information for a Sect1
- sect2 - A subsection within a Sect1
- sect2info - Meta-information for a Sect2
- sect3 - A subsection within a Sect2
- sect3info - Meta-information for a Sect3
- sect4 - A subsection within a Sect3
- sect4info - Meta-information for a Sect4
- sect5 - A subsection within a Sect4
- sect5info - Meta-information for a Sect5
- section - A recursive section
- sectioninfo - Meta-information for a recursive section
- see - Part of an index term directing the reader instead to another entry in the index
- seealso - Part of an index term directing the reader also to another entry in the index
- seealsoie - A See also entry in an index, rather than in the text
- seeie - A See entry in an index, rather than in the text
- seg - An element of a list item in a segmented list
- seglistitem - A list item in a segmented list
- segmentedlist - A segmented list, a list of sets of elements
- segtitle - The title of an element of a list item in a segmented list
- seriesvolnums - Numbers of the volumes in a series of books
- set - A collection of books
- setindex - An index to a set of books
- setindexinfo - Meta-information for a SetIndex
- setinfo - Meta-information for a Set
- sgmltag - A component of SGML markup
- shortaffil - A brief description of an affiliation
- shortcut - A key combination for an action that is also accessible through a menu
- sidebar - A portion of a document that is isolated from the main narrative flow
- sidebarinfo - Meta-information for a Sidebar
- simpara - A paragraph that contains only text and inline markup, no block elements
- simplelist - An undecorated list of single words or short phrases
- simplemsgentry - A wrapper for a simpler entry in a message set
- simplesect - A section of a document with no subdivisions
- spanspec - Formatting information for a spanned column in a table
- state - A state or province in an address
- step - A unit of action in a procedure
- stepalternatives - Alternative steps in a procedure
- street - A street address in an address
- structfield - A field in a structure (in the programming language sense)
- structname - The name of a structure (in the programming language sense)
- subject - One of a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document
- subjectset - A set of terms describing the subject matter of a document
- subjectterm - A term in a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document
- subscript - A subscript (as in H2O, the molecular formula for water)
- substeps - A wrapper for steps that occur within steps in a procedure
- subtitle - The subtitle of a document
- superscript - A superscript (as in x2, the mathematical notation for x multiplied by itself)
- surname - A family name; in western cultures the last name
- svg:svg - An SVG graphic
- symbol - A name that is replaced by a value before processing
- synopfragment - A portion of a CmdSynopsis broken out from the main body of the synopsis
- synopfragmentref - A reference to a fragment of a command synopsis
- synopsis - A general-purpose element for representing the syntax of commands or functions
- systemitem - A system-related item or term
- table - A formal table in a document
- task - A task to be completed
- taskprerequisites - The prerequisites for a task
- taskrelated - Information related to a task
- tasksummary - A summary of a task
- tbody - A wrapper for the rows of a table or informal table
- td - A table entry in an HTML table
- term - The word or phrase being defined or described in a variable list
- termdef - An inline term definition
- tertiary - A tertiary word or phrase in an index term
- tertiaryie - A tertiary term in an index entry, rather than in the text
- textdata - Pointer to external text data
- textobject - A wrapper for a text description of an object and its associated meta-information
- tfoot - A table footer consisting of one or more rows
- tgroup - A wrapper for the main content of a table, or part of a table
- th - A table header entry in an HTML table
- thead - A table header consisting of one or more rows
- tip - A suggestion to the user, set off from the text
- title - The text of the title of a section of a document or of a formal block-level element
- titleabbrev - The abbreviation of a Title
- toc - A table of contents
- tocback - An entry in a table of contents for a back matter component
- tocchap - An entry in a table of contents for a component in the body of a document
- tocentry - A component title in a table of contents
- tocfront - An entry in a table of contents for a front matter component
- toclevel1 - A top-level entry within a table of contents entry for a chapter-like component
- toclevel2 - A second-level entry within a table of contents entry for a chapter-like component
- toclevel3 - A third-level entry within a table of contents entry for a chapter-like component
- toclevel4 - A fourth-level entry within a table of contents entry for a chapter-like component
- toclevel5 - A fifth-level entry within a table of contents entry for a chapter-like component
- tocpart - An entry in a table of contents for a part of a book
- token - A unit of information
- tr - A row in an HTML table
- trademark - A trademark
- type - The classification of a value
- ulink - A link that addresses its target by means of a URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
- uri - A Uniform Resource Identifier
- userinput - Data entered by the user
- varargs - An empty element in a function synopsis indicating a variable number of arguments
- variablelist - A list in which each entry is composed of a set of one or more terms and an associated description
- varlistentry - A wrapper for a set of terms and the associated description in a variable list
- varname - The name of a variable
- videodata - Pointer to external video data
- videoobject - A wrapper for video data and its associated meta-information
- void - An empty element in a function synopsis indicating that the function in question takes no arguments
- volumenum - The volume number of a document in a set (as of books in a set or articles in a journal)
- warning - An admonition set off from the text
- wordasword - A word meant specifically as a word and not representing anything else
- xref - A cross reference to another part of the document
- year - The year of publication of a document
- II. DocBook Parameter Entity Reference
%*.attlist;
Parameter Entities - Control individual attribute list declarations
%*.attrib;
Parameter Entities - Define attributes on selected elements
%*.attval;
Parameter Entities - Define attribute values
- CALS Table Model Parameter Entities - Parameter entities which control the CALS Table Model
%*.class;
Parameter Entities - Parameter entities which define the DocBook classes
- Content Model Parameter Entities - Control groups of element definitions
- Content Module Parameter Entities - Control groups of element definitions
- Common Attribute Parameter Entities - Parameter entities which define the common attributes
- DocBook Content Parameter Entities - Specify content of selected elements
%db*;
Parameter Entities - Control inclusion of DocBook modules
%*.element;
Parameter Entities - Control individual element declarations
%*.exclusion;
Parameter Entities - Control SGML exclusions
%*.hook;
Parameter Entities - Control access to additional modules
%*.inclusion;
Parameter Entities - Control SGML inclusions
%iso*;
Parameter Entities - Parameter entities which control ISO Entity Sets
%local.*.attrib;
Parameter Entities - Allow attribute extension
%local.*.class;
Parameter Entities - Allow class extension
%local.*.mix;
Parameter Entities - Allow mixture extension
%*.mix;
Parameter Entities - Parameter entities which define the DocBook mixtures
%*.module;
Parameter Entities - Control element definitions
%*.role.attrib;
Parameter Entities - Parameter entities which control definition of role attributes
- III. DocBook Character Entity Reference
- Added Math Symbols: Arrow Relations Character Entities (%isoamsa;) - Added Math Symbols: Arrow Relations Character Entities
- Added Math Symbols: Binary Operators Character Entities (%isoamsb;) - Added Math Symbols: Binary Operators Character Entities
- Added Math Symbols: Delimiters Character Entities (%isoamsc;) - Added Math Symbols: Delimiters Character Entities
- Added Math Symbols: Negated Relations Character Entities (%isoamsn;) - Added Math Symbols: Negated Relations Character Entities
- Added Math Symbols: Ordinary Character Entities (%isoamso;) - Added Math Symbols: Ordinary Character Entities
- Added Math Symbols: Relations Character Entities (%isoamsr;) - Added Math Symbols: Relations Character Entities
- Box and Line Drawing Character Entities (%isobox;) - Box and Line Drawing Character Entities
- Russian Cyrillic Character Entities (%isocyr1;) - Russian Cyrillic Character Entities
- Non-Russian Cyrillic Character Entities (%isocyr2;) - Non-Russian Cyrillic Character Entities
- Diacritical Marks Character Entities (%isodia;) - Diacritical Marks Character Entities
- Greek Letters Character Entities (%isogrk1;) - Greek Letters Character Entities
- Monotoniko Greek Character Entities (%isogrk2;) - Monotoniko Greek Character Entities
- Greek Symbols Character Entities (%isogrk3;) - Greek Symbols Character Entities
- Alternative Greek Symbols Character Entities (%isogrk4;) - Alternative Greek Symbols Character Entities
- ISO Latin 1 Character Entities (%isolat1;) - ISO Latin 1 Character Entities
- Added Latin 2 Character Entities (%isolat2;) - Added Latin 2 Character Entities
- Numeric and Special Graphic Character Entities (%isonum;) - Numeric and Special Graphic Character Entities
- Publishing Character Entities (%isopub;) - Publishing Character Entities
- General Technical Character Entities (%isotech;) - General Technical Character Entities