refclass
refclass — The scope or other indication of applicability of a reference entry.
Synopsis
refclass ::=
- Zero or more of:
- text
application
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
No additional attributes.
Description
The refclass
element describes the
applicability or scope of a refentry
. A
refclass
might indicate that the entry was only
applicable to a particular application, for example, or only to a
particular vendor’s operating system.
Processing expectations
May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context. Sometimes suppressed.
Formatting reference pages may require a fairly sophisticated
processing system. Much of the meta-information about a reference page
(its name, type, purpose, title, and classification) is stored in
wrappers near the beginning of the refentry
.
Common presentational features, such as titles and running heads, may require data from several of these wrappers plus some generated text. Other formatting often requires that these elements be reordered.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- any attribute
Any attribute in any other explicit namespace
Parents
These elements contain refclass
: refnamediv
.
Children
The following elements occur in refclass
: text, application
.
Examples
See refentry
for an example using this element.