appendix
appendix — An appendix in a book or article.
Synopsis
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- Admonition elements
- Formal elements
- Graphic elements
- Informal elements
- List elements
- Paragraph elements
- Publishing elements
- Technical elements
- Verbatim elements
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Attributes
Additional Constraints
- If this element is the root element, it must have a version attribute.
Description
Appendixes usually occur at the end of a document.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block. Usually introduces a forced page break and often starts on the next recto page. Sometimes restarts page numbering. Typically, appendixes are lettered rather than numbered, and appear in the table of contents.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- label
Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes
- status
Identifies the editorial or publication status of the element on which it occurs
Children
The following elements occur in appendix: address, anchor, bibliography, bibliolist, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, dialogue, drama, epigraph, equation, example, figure, formalpara, glossary, glosslist, index, indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titlereq.info), informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, note, orderedlist, para, poetry, procedure, qandaset, remark, revhistory, section, sidebar, simpara, simplelist, simplesect, subtitle, table, task, title, titleabbrev, toc, variablelist.
Examples
<book xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example book</title>
<chapter>
<title>Required Chapter</title>
<para>At least one chapter, reference, part, or article is required in
a book.
</para>
</chapter>
<appendix>
<title>Demonstration Appendix</title>
<para>This appendix demonstrates an appendix in a book. It has the
same broad content model as a chapter.
</para>
</appendix>
</book>