dedication
dedication — The dedication of a book or other component.
Synopsis
- Sequence of:
- One of:
- One or more of:
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- Admonition elements
- Formal elements
- Graphic elements
- Informal elements
- List elements
- Paragraph elements
- Publishing elements
- Synopsis elements
- Technical elements
- Verbatim elements
- One of:
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Additional Constraints
- The root element must have a version attribute.
Description
A dedication is a page or section, most often
at the very beginning of a book (before any other body matter),
containing a tribute to something (frequently someone) in connection
with the writing or publication of the book.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block. Frequently appears on a page by itself at the beginning of a book.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- label
Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes
- status
Identifies the editorial or publication status of the element on which it occurs
Parents
These elements contain dedication: book, part.
Children
This element contains 64 elements.
Examples
1 <book xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> 2 <title>The Best XML Jokes</title> <info> 4 <author><personname> <firstname>A</firstname><surname>Nonymous</surname> 6 </personname></author> </info> 8 <dedication> 10 <para>To my mother and father, for teaching me to laugh. </para> 12 </dedication> 14 <chapter><title>Parsing Jokes</title> <para>What did the lexer say to the angle bracket? … 16 </para> </chapter> 18 <!-- ... --> </book>