application
application — The name of a software program.
Synopsis
application ::= ![[x]](figs/web/nav/delete.gif)
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- Zero or more of:
- text
replaceable- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
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
Parents
These elements contain application: bridgehead, caption (db.html.caption), citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, contrib, emphasis (db.emphasis), entry, firstterm (db.firstterm), foreignphrase (db.foreignphrase), funcsynopsisinfo, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm (db.glossterm), link, literallayout, member, olink, orgdiv, para, phrase (db.phrase), primary, primaryie, programlisting, quote (db.quote), refclass, refdescriptor, refentrytitle, refname, refpurpose, remark, screen, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, seg, segtitle, simpara, subtitle, synopsis, td, term, termdef, tertiary, tertiaryie, th, title, titleabbrev, tocentry.
Children
The following elements occur in application: text, abbrev, acronym, alt, anchor, annotation, biblioref, coref, date, emphasis (db._emphasis), firstterm (db._firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), glossterm (db._glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), quote (db._quote), remark, replaceable, subscript, superscript, trademark, wordasword, xref.
See Also
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example application</title>
<para><application>XMLmind</application> is one of several word
processors that support DocBook <acronym>XML</acronym>.
</para>
</article>
XMLmind is one of several word processors that support DocBook XML.