DocBook 5.1: The Definitive Guide  (Version 1.5.3 for DocBook 5.1)

V5.1 Assemblydescription

description — A description of a resource or resources.

Synopsis

description ::= [-]

Description

The description element is a wrapper for a simple textual description of a resource. Such a description might appear in a manifest, for example.

Processing expectations

Rendered inline in some contexts.

Parents

These elements contain description: resource, resources.

Children

The following elements occur in description: 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.

Examples

FIXME: TBD.