abstract

abstract — A summary.

Synopsis

abstract ::=

Sequence of:
- One of:
  - Sequence of:
    Interleave of:
    title?
    titleabbrev?
    info? (db.titleforbidden.info)
  - info (db.titleonly.info)
- One or more of:
  - Paragraph elements
    anchor
    formalpara
    para
    simpara

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional Constraints

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

Description

An abstract can occur in most components of DocBook. It is expected to contain some sort of summary of the content with which it is associated (by containment).

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Sometimes suppressed. Often presented in alternate outputs.

Parents

These elements contain abstract: biblioentry, bibliomixed, bibliomset, biblioset, info (db.info), info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titleonly.info), info (db.titleonlyreq.info), info (db.titlereq.info).

Children

The following elements occur in abstract: anchor, formalpara, info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titleonly.info), para, simpara, title, titleabbrev.

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<info>
  <title>Example abstract</title>
  <abstract>
    <para>In brief, …
    </para>
  </abstract>
</info>

<para>…</para>

</article>


abbrev		acknowledgements