qandaset
qandaset — A question-and-answer set.
Synopsis
qandaset ::= × ⏵
- Sequence of:
- One of:
- Zero or more of:
annotation
bridgehead
formalgroup
remark
revhistory
- Indexing inlines ⏵
- Admonition elements ⏵
- Formal elements ⏵
- Graphic elements ⏵
- Informal elements ⏵
- List elements ⏵
- Paragraph elements ⏵
- Publishing elements ⏵
- Synopsis elements ⏵
- Technical elements ⏵
- Verbatim elements ⏵
- One of:
- One or more of:
- One or more of:
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
- defaultlabel (enumeration)
- “none”
- “number”
- “qanda”
Additional Constraints
- If this element is the root element, it must have a version attribute.
Description
A qandaset
is a list consisting of
question
s and answer
s. A
qandaset
can be divided into sections.
Every entry in a qandaset
must contain a
question
, but answer
s are optional
(some questions have no answers), and may be repeated (some questions
have more than one answer).
Common uses for qandaset
s include reader
questionnaires and lists of Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQs). For the purpose of a FAQ,
DocBook V3.1 added the FAQ
class
to article
.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block. The defaultlabel
attribute has a significant
influence on the presentation of question
s and
answer
s.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- any attribute
Any attribute in any other explicit namespace
- defaultlabel
Specifies the default labelling
Enumerated values: “none” No labels
“number” Numeric labels
“qanda” "Q:" and "A:" labels
Parents
77 elements contain qandaset
. × ⏵
Children
72 elements occur in qandaset
. × ⏵
Examples
1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
|<title>Example qandaset</title>
||
<qandaset defaultlabel='qanda'>
5 |<qandaentry>
|<question>
|<para>To be, or not to be?</para>
|</question>
|<answer>
10 |<para>That is the question.</para>
|</answer>
|</qandaentry>
|</qandaset>
|15 |
</article>
To be, or not to be?
That is the question.
1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'
|class="faq">
|<title>Frequently Asked Questions About Fonts</title>
|5 |
<qandaset>
|<qandadiv><title>General Information</title>
||
<para>...</para>
|10 |
<qandadiv><title>Font Houses</title>
||
<qandaentry><question><para>Who sells lots of fonts?</para></question>
|<answer><label>Seller</label><para>Adobe Systems, Inc.</para></answer>
|</qandaentry>
15 ||
<qandaentry><question><para>Who sells fonts and photos?</para></question>
|<answer><label>Seller</label><para>Veer</para></answer>
|</qandaentry>
|20 |
</qandadiv>
|</qandadiv>
|</qandaset>
|</article>
...
Who sells lots of fonts?
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Who sells fonts and photos?
Veer