msgmain

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

msgmain

msgmain — The primary component of a message in a message set .

Synopsis

msgmain ::=

Sequence of:
- One of:
  - Sequence of:
    Interleave of:
    title?
    titleabbrev?
    info? (db.titleforbidden.info)
  - info (db.titleonly.info)
- msgtext

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional Constraints

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

Description

Every msg must have one primary message. This is stored in the msgmain. The primary message is distinguished from any number of submessages (msgsub) or related messages (msgrel) that a msg might have.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

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

Parents

These elements contain msgmain: msg.

Children

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