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preface — Introductory matter preceding the first chapter of a book
preface ::= (beginpage?,prefaceinfo?, (title,subtitle?,titleabbrev?), (toc|lot|index|glossary|bibliography)*,tocchap?, (((calloutlist|glosslist|bibliolist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|segmentedlist|simplelist|variablelist|caution|important|note|tip|warning|literallayout|programlisting|programlistingco|screen|screenco|screenshot|synopsis|cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis|classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis|constructorsynopsis|destructorsynopsis|methodsynopsis|formalpara|para|simpara|address|blockquote|graphic|graphicco|mediaobject|mediaobjectco|informalequation|informalexample|informalfigure|informaltable|equation|example|figure|table|msgset|procedure|sidebar|qandaset|task|productionset|constraintdef|anchor|bridgehead|remark|highlights|abstract|authorblurb|epigraph|indexterm|beginpage)+, (sect1*| (refentry)*|simplesect*| (section)*))| (sect1+| (refentry)+|simplesect+| (section)+)), (toc|lot|index|glossary|bibliography)*)
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Preface is a preface or forward in a Book. The
Preface element may appear more than once and should be
used for all introductory chapter-like material. For example, a
Book might have both a Foreward and an
Introduction. Both should be tagged as
Prefaces in DocBook.
Formatted as a displayed block. Usually introduces a forced page break and often
starts on the next recto page. It is common for the page numbers
in prefaces to be displayed as roman numerals rather than arabic
numerals. Prefaces are usually listed in the Table
of Contents.
The following elements occur in preface:
abstract, address, anchor, authorblurb, beginpage, bibliography, bibliolist, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, caution, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, constraintdef, constructorsynopsis, destructorsynopsis, epigraph, equation, example, fieldsynopsis, figure, formalpara, funcsynopsis, glossary, glosslist, graphic, graphicco, highlights, important, index, indexterm, informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, literallayout, lot, mediaobject, mediaobjectco, methodsynopsis, msgset, note, orderedlist, para, prefaceinfo, procedure, productionset, programlisting, programlistingco, qandaset, refentry, remark, screen, screenco, screenshot, sect1, section, segmentedlist, sidebar, simpara, simplelist, simplesect, subtitle, synopsis, table, task, tip, title, titleabbrev, toc, tocchap, variablelist, warning.
Status identifies the editorial or publication
status of the Preface.
Publication status might be used to control formatting (for example, printing a “draft” watermark on drafts) or processing (perhaps a document with a status of “final” should not include any components that are not final).
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