    | DocBook: The Definitive Guide 2.0.17 (Alpha) |
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$Date: 2002-11-26 09:26:23 -0500 (Tue, 26 Nov 2002) $
qandaset — A question-and-answer set
qandaset ::= (blockinfo?, (%formalobject.title.content;)?, (%qandaset.mix;)*, (qandadiv+|qandaentry+))
Name | Type | Default | ||||
| defaultlabel |
| None |
The following parameter entities contain qandaset:
| Parameter Entities | ||
%bookcomponent.content; | %component.mix; | %compound.class; |
%divcomponent.mix; | %refcomponent.mix; | |
A QandASet is a list consisting of
Questions and Answers.
QandASets can be divided into sections.
Every entry in a QandASet must contain a
Question, but Answers are
optional (some questions have no answers), and may be repeated (some
questions have more than one answer).
Common uses for QandASets include reader
questionnaires and lists of “Frequently Asked Questions”
(FAQs). For the purpose of an
FAQ, DocBook V3.1 added the
FAQ class to Article.
Formatted as a displayed block. The DefaultLabel
attribute has a significant influence on the presentation of
Questions and Answers.
These elements contain qandaset:
appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, callout, chapter, glossary, glossdiv, index, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsection, refsynopsisdiv, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, setindex, simplesect, step, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary.
The following elements occur in qandaset:
address, anchor, bibliolist, blockinfo, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, caution, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, constructorsynopsis, destructorsynopsis, equation, example, fieldsynopsis, figure, formalpara, funcsynopsis, glosslist, graphic, graphicco, highlights, important, indexterm, informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, mediaobjectco, methodsynopsis, note, orderedlist, para, procedure, programlisting, programlistingco, qandadiv, qandaentry, remark, screen, screenco, screenshot, segmentedlist, simpara, simplelist, synopsis, table, tip, title, titleabbrev, variablelist, warning.
DefaultLabel identifies the
default label that should be used for Questions and
Answers:
If no value is specified, the implied presentation may be any one of these, as defined by the stylesheet. Note that each question and answer can explicitly define a label, regardless of the default label specified.
<!DOCTYPE qandaset PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<qandaset defaultlabel='qanda'>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>
To be, or not to be?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
That is the question.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaset><!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<article class="faq">
<title>Frequently Asked Questions About Fonts</title>
<para>...</para>
<qandaset>
<qandadiv><title>General Information</title>
<para>...</para>
<qandadiv><title>Font Houses</title>
<qandaentry><question><para>Adobe Systems, Inc.</para></question>
<answer><para>...</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry><question><para>Agfa, Inc.</para></question>
<answer><para>...</para></answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandadiv>
</qandadiv>
</qandaset>
</article>| | | |
| qandaentry | | question |