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

msg

msg — A message in a message set.

Synopsis

msg ::=

Additional Constraints

  • If this element is the root element, it must have a version attribute.

Description

In a msgset, each msgentry contains at least one msg. A msg consists of a main message (msgmain), and optionally one or more submessages (msgsub) or related messages (msgrel).

Additional information or explanation for the message is contained in the siblings of msg within the msgentry.

See msgset.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Sometimes suppressed.

On the whole, the semantics of msgset are not clearly defined.

Parents

These elements contain msg: msgentry.

Children

The following elements occur in msg: info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titleonly.info), msgmain, msgrel, msgsub, title, titleabbrev.