Part II. Reference

Table of Contents

• I. DocBook Element Reference
  • *:* — Any element from almost any namespace
  • mml:* — Any element from the MathML namespace
  • svg:* — Any element from the SVG namespace
  • emphasis (db._emphasis) — A limited span of emphasized text
  • firstterm (db._firstterm) — The first occurrence of a term, with limited content
  • foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase) — A limited word or phrase in a language other than the primary language of the document
  • glossterm (db._glossterm) — A glossary term
  • phrase (db._phrase) — A limited span of text
  • quote (db._quote) — A limited inline quotation
  • abbrev — An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period
  • abstract — A summary
  • acknowledgements — Acknowledgements of a book or other component
  • acronym — An often pronounceable word made from the initial (or selected) letters of a name or phrase
  • address — A real-world address, generally a postal address
  • affiliation — The institutional affiliation of an individual
  • alt — A text-only annotation, often used for accessibility
  • anchor — A spot in the document
  • answer — An answer to a question posed in a qandaset
  • appendix — An appendix in a book or article
  • area (db.area) — A region defined for a callout in a graphic or code example
  • area (db.area.inareaset) — A region defined for a callout in a graphic or code example
  • areaset — A set of related areas in a graphic or code example
  • areaspec — A collection of regions in a graphic or code example
  • article — An article
  • artpagenums — The page numbers of an article as published
  • attribution — The source of a block quote or epigraph
  • audiodata — Pointer to external audio data
  • audioobject — A wrapper for audio data and its associated meta-information
  • author — The name of an individual author
  • authorgroup — Wrapper for author information when a document has multiple authors or collaborators
  • authorinitials — The initials or other short identifier for an author
  • bibliocoverage — The spatial or temporal coverage of a document
  • bibliodiv — A section of a bibliography
  • biblioentry — A raw entry in a bibliography
  • bibliography — A bibliography
  • biblioid — An identifier for a document
  • bibliolist — A wrapper for a list of bibliography entries
  • bibliomisc — Untyped bibliographic information
  • bibliomixed — A cooked entry in a bibliography
  • bibliomset — A cooked container for related bibliographic information
  • biblioref — A cross-reference to a bibliographic entry
  • bibliorelation — The relationship of a document to another
  • biblioset — A raw container for related bibliographic information
  • bibliosource — The source of a document
  • blockquote — A quotation set off from the main text
  • book — A book
  • bridgehead — A free-floating heading
  • callout — A “called out” description of a marked area
  • calloutlist — A list of callout s
  • caption — A caption
  • chapter — A chapter, as of a book
  • citation — An inline bibliographic reference to another published work
  • citebiblioid — A citation of a bibliographic identifier
  • citetitle — The title of a cited work
  • city — The name of a city in an address
  • co — The location of a callout embedded in text
  • collab — Identifies a collaborator
  • colophon — Text at the back of a book describing facts about its production
  • colspec — Specifications for a column in a table
  • confdates — The dates of a conference for which a document was written
  • confgroup — A wrapper for document meta-information about a conference
  • confnum — An identifier, frequently numerical, associated with a conference for which a document was written
  • confsponsor — The sponsor of a conference for which a document was written
  • conftitle — The title of a conference for which a document was written
  • contractnum — The contract number of a document
  • contractsponsor — The sponsor of a contract
  • contrib — A summary of the contributions made to a document by a credited source
  • copyright — Copyright information about a document
  • coref — A cross reference to a co
  • country — The name of a country
  • cover — Additional content for the cover of a publication
  • date — The date of publication or revision of a document
  • dcterms:* — The Publishers schema allows a large selection of elements from the DCTerms namespace
  • dedication — The dedication of a book or other component
  • dialogue — A container for speeches and other forms of communication involving dialogue.
  • drama — A container for plays and other forms of dramatic presentation.
  • edition — The name or number of an edition of a document
  • editor — The name of the editor of a document
  • email — An email address
  • emphasis (db.emphasis) — Emphasized text
  • entry — A cell in a table
  • entrytbl — A subtable appearing in place of an entry in a table
  • row (db.entrytbl.row) — A row in a table
  • tbody (db.cals.entrytbl.tbody) — A wrapper for the rows of a table or informal table
  • thead (db.cals.entrytbl.thead) — A table header consisting of one or more rows
  • epigraph — A short inscription at the beginning of a document or component
  • equation — A displayed mathematical equation
  • example — A formal example, with a title
  • fax — A fax number
  • figure — A formal figure, generally an illustration, with a title
  • firstname — A given name of a person
  • firstterm (db.firstterm) — The first occurrence of a term
  • footnote — A footnote
  • footnoteref — A cross reference to a footnote (a footnote mark)
  • foreignphrase (db.foreignphrase) — A word or phrase in a language other than the primary language of the document
  • formalpara — A paragraph with a title
  • givenname — The given name of a person
  • glossary — A glossary
  • glossdef — A definition in a glossentry
  • glossdiv — A division in a glossary
  • glossentry — An entry in a glossary or glosslist
  • glosslist — A wrapper for a list of glossary entries
  • glosssee — A cross-reference from one glossentry to another
  • glossseealso — A cross-reference from one glossentry to another
  • glossterm (db.glossterm) — A glossary term
  • holder — The name of the individual or organization that holds a copyright
  • honorific — The title of a person
  • imagedata (db.imagedata) — Pointer to external image data
  • imagedata (db.imagedata.mathml) — A MathML expression in a media object
  • imagedata (db.imagedata.svg) — An SVG drawing in a media object
  • imageobject — A wrapper for image data and its associated meta-information
  • imageobjectco — A wrapper for an image object with callouts
  • index — An index to a book or part of a book
  • indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange) — Identifies the end of a range associated with an indexed term
  • indexterm (db.indexterm.singular) — A wrapper for an indexed term
  • indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange) — A wrapper for an indexed term that covers a range
  • info (db.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block
  • informalequation — A displayed mathematical equation without a title
  • informalexample — A displayed example without a title
  • informalfigure — A untitled figure
  • informaltable — A table without a title
  • inlineequation — A mathematical equation or expression occurring inline
  • inlinemediaobject — An inline media object (video, audio, image, and so on)
  • issuenum — The number of an issue of a journal
  • itemizedlist — A list in which each entry is marked with a bullet or other dingbat
  • itermset — A set of index terms in the meta-information of a document
  • jobtitle — The title of an individual in an organization
  • keyword — One of a set of keywords describing the content of a document
  • keywordset — A set of keywords describing the content of a document
  • label — A label on a question or answer
  • legalnotice — A statement of legal obligations or requirements
  • line — A line of dialogue or other form of communication.
  • lineage — The portion of a person's name indicating a relationship to ancestors
  • linegroup — A grouping of lines in dialogue or other form of communication.
  • link — A hypertext link
  • listitem — A wrapper for the elements of a list item
  • literal — Inline text that is some literal value
  • literallayout — A block of text in which line breaks and white space are to be reproduced faithfully
  • mathphrase — A mathematical phrase that can be represented with ordinary text and a small amount of markup
  • mediaobject — A displayed media object (video, audio, image, etc.)
  • member — An element of a simple list
  • note — A message set off from the text
  • olink — A link that addresses its target indirectly
  • optional — Optional information
  • orderedlist — A list in which each entry is marked with a sequentially incremented label
  • org — An organization and associated metadata
  • orgdiv — A division of an organization
  • orgname — The name of an organization
  • otheraddr — Uncategorized information in address
  • othercredit — A person or entity, other than an author or editor, credited in a document
  • othername — A component of a person's name that is not a first name, surname, or lineage
  • pagenums — The numbers of the pages in a book, for use in a bibliographic entry
  • para — A paragraph
  • part — A division in a book
  • partintro — An introduction to the contents of a part
  • person — A person and associated metadata
  • personblurb — A short description or note about a person
  • personname — The personal name of an individual
  • phone — A telephone number
  • phrase (db.phrase) — A span of text
  • pob — A post office box in an address
  • poetry — A container for poetry.
  • postcode — A postal code in an address
  • preface — Introductory matter preceding the first chapter of a book
  • primary — The primary word or phrase under which an index term should be sorted
  • printhistory — The printing history of a document
  • procedure — A list of operations to be performed in a well-defined sequence
  • productname — The formal name of a product
  • productnumber — A number assigned to a product
  • pubdate — The date of publication of a document
  • publisher — The publisher of a document
  • publishername — The name of the publisher of a document
  • qandadiv — A titled division in a qandaset
  • qandaentry — A question/answer set within a qandaset
  • qandaset — A question-and-answer set
  • question — A question in a qandaset
  • quote (db.quote) — An inline quotation
  • releaseinfo — Information about a particular release of a document
  • remark — A remark (or comment) intended for presentation in a draft manuscript
  • revdescription — A extended description of a revision to a document
  • revhistory — A history of the revisions to a document
  • revision — An entry describing a single revision in the history of the revisions to a document
  • revnumber — A document revision number
  • revremark — A description of a revision to a document
  • row (db.row) — A row in a table
  • secondary — A secondary word or phrase in an index term
  • section — A recursive section
  • see — Part of an index term directing the reader instead to another entry in the index
  • seealso — Part of an index term directing the reader also to another entry in the index
  • seriesvolnums — Numbers of the volumes in a series of books
  • set — A collection of books
  • setindex — An index to a set of books
  • shortaffil — A brief description of an affiliation
  • sidebar — A portion of a document that is isolated from the main narrative flow
  • simpara — A paragraph that contains only text and inline markup, no block elements
  • simplelist — An undecorated list of single words or short phrases
  • simplesect — A section of a document with no subdivisions
  • spanspec — Formatting information for a spanned column in a table
  • speaker — Designates a person who is giving a speech or lecture.
  • state — A state or province in an address
  • step — A unit of action in a procedure
  • stepalternatives — Alternative steps in a procedure
  • street — A street address in an address
  • subject — One of a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document
  • subjectset — A set of terms describing the subject matter of a document
  • subjectterm — A term in a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document
  • subscript — A subscript (as in H₂ O, the molecular formula for water)
  • substeps — A wrapper for steps that occur within steps in a procedure
  • subtitle — The subtitle of a document
  • superscript — A superscript (as in x² , the mathematical notation for x multiplied by itself)
  • surname — An inherited or family name; in western cultures the last name
  • table — A formal table in a document
  • task — A task to be completed
  • taskprerequisites — The prerequisites for a task
  • taskrelated — Information related to a task
  • tasksummary — A summary of a task
  • tbody (db.cals.tbody) — A wrapper for the rows of a table or informal table
  • term — The word or phrase being defined or described in a variable list
  • termdef — An inline definition of a term
  • tertiary — A tertiary word or phrase in an index term
  • textdata — Pointer to external text data
  • textobject — A wrapper for a text description of an object and its associated meta-information
  • tfoot — A table footer consisting of one or more rows
  • tgroup — A wrapper for the main content of a table, or part of a table
  • thead (db.cals.thead) — A table header consisting of one or more rows
  • title — The text of the title of a section of a document or of a formal block-level element
  • titleabbrev — The abbreviation of a title
  • info (db.titleforbidden.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block without a title
  • info (db.titleonly.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block with only a title
  • info (db.titleonlyreq.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block with only a required title
  • info (db.titlereq.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block with a required title
  • toc — A table of contents
  • trademark — A trademark
  • uri — A Uniform Resource Identifier
  • variablelist — A list in which each entry is composed of a set of one or more terms and an associated description
  • varlistentry — A wrapper for a set of terms and the associated description in a variable list
  • videodata — Pointer to external video data
  • videoobject — A wrapper for video data and its associated meta-information
  • volumenum — The volume number of a document in a set (as of books in a set or articles in a journal)
  • wordasword — A word meant specifically as a word and not representing anything else
  • xref — A cross reference to another part of the document
  • year — The year of publication of a document