database
database — The name of a database, or part of a database.
Synopsis
database ::= ![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
![[+]](figs/web/nav/right.gif)
- Zero or more of:
- text
replaceable- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
abbrevacronymaltanchorannotationbibliorefcorefdateemphasis(db._emphasis)firstterm(db._firstterm)footnotefootnoterefforeignphrase(db._foreignphrase)glossterm(db._glossterm)indexterm(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobjectlinkolinkphrase(db._phrase)quote(db._quote)remarksubscriptsuperscripttrademarkwordaswordxref
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
- class (enumeration)
- “altkey”
- “constraint”
- “datatype”
- “field”
- “foreignkey”
- “group”
- “index”
- “key1”
- “key2”
- “name”
- “primarykey”
- “procedure”
- “record”
- “rule”
- “secondarykey”
- “table”
- “user”
- “view”
Description
The name of a database, or part of a database.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- class
Identifies the class of database artifact
Enumerated values: “altkey” An alternate or secondary key
“constraint” A constraint
“datatype” A data type
“field” A field
“foreignkey” A foreign key
“group” A group
“index” An index
“key1” The first or primary key
“key2” An alternate or secondary key
“name” A name
“primarykey” The primary key
“procedure” A (stored) procedure
“record” A record
“rule” A rule
“secondarykey” The secondary key
“table” A table
“user” A user
“view” A view
Parents
These elements contain database: 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), 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 database: 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 database</title>
<para>The <database>ProjectStatus</database> database has been updated.
Please note that <database class='field'>Year</database> has been
extended to four digits.
</para>
</article>
The ProjectStatus database has been updated. Please note that Year has been extended to four digits.