wordasword
wordasword — A word meant specifically as a word and not representing anything else.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
phrase(db._phrase)replaceable- Graphic inlines
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Attributes
Description
A lot of technical documentation contains words that have
overloaded meanings. Sometimes it is useful to be able to use a word
without invoking its technical meaning. The
wordasword element identifies a word or phrase that
might otherwise be interpreted in some specific way, and asserts that it
should be interpreted simply as a word.
It is unlikely that the presentation of this element will be able
to help readers understand the variation in meaning; good writing will
have to achieve that goal. The real value of
wordasword lies in the fact that full-text searching
and indexing tools can use it to avoid false positives.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
Parents
Children
Examples
1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> 2 <title>Example wordasword</title> 4 <para>A <wordasword>Term</wordasword> in Algebra has a very different meaning than a <tag>term</tag> in DocBook. 6 </para> 8 </article>
A Term in Algebra has a very different
meaning than a term in DocBook.