token

$Revision: 1666 $

$Date: 2002-06-12 07:19:37 -0400 (Wed, 12 Jun 2002) $

token — A unit of information

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

token ::=
(%smallcptr.char.mix;)*

Attributes

Common attributes

Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain token:

Parameter Entities
%cptr.char.mix;%ndxterm.char.mix;%para.char.mix;
%refinline.char.mix;%refname.char.mix;%tbl.entry.mdl;
%tech.char.class;%title.char.mix; 

Description

A Token identifies a unit of information. Usually, “tokens” are the result of some processing pass that has performed lexical analysis and divided a data set into the smallest units of information used for subsequent processing.

Exactly what constitutes a token varies by context.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Children

The following elements occur in token: beginpage, indexterm, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, replaceable.

See Also

classname, interface, property, structfield, structname, symbol, type.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para>
In parsing, line ends are turned into the <token>CRLF</token>, all other
whitespace becomes <token>WHITESP</token>.
</para>

In parsing, line ends are turned into the CRLF, all other whitespace becomes WHITESP.