application
application — The name of a software program.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
phrase(db._phrase)replaceable- Graphic inlines
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- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
altanchorannotationbibliorefindexterm(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobjectlinkolinkremarksubscriptsuperscriptxref
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
- class (enumeration)
- “hardware”
- “software”
Description
The appellation “application” is usually reserved for larger
software packages. For example, WordPerfect
is an application, but grep is not. In some domains,
application may also apply to a piece of
hardware.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- class
Identifies the class of application
Enumerated values: “hardware” A hardware application
“software” A software application
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This element occurs in 51 elements.
Children
This element contains 16 elements.
See Also
Examples
1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> 2 <title>Example application</title> 4 <para><application>XMLmind</application> is one of several word processors that support DocBook <acronym>XML</acronym>. 6 </para> 8 </article>
XMLmind is one of several word processors that support DocBook XML.