DocBook Publishers: The Definitive Guide

Author: Norman Walsh

Editor: Richard Hamilton

Version 1.2.1 for DocBook 5.1

Updated: 26 April, 2020

Table of Contents

Preface to the DocBook V5.1 Edition
Preface
- 1. Acknowledgements
I. Introduction
II. Reference
- I. DocBook Element Reference
  - 1. Organization of Reference Pages
    - 1.1. Understanding Content Models
  - 2. Common Attributes
    - 2.1. Common Effectivity Attributes
    - 2.2. Common RDFa Lite Attributes
  - 3. Common Linking Attributes
  - dcterms:* — The Publishers schema allows a large selection of elements from the DCTerms namespaceV5.0 Publishers
  - set —
  - *:* — Any element from almost any namespace
  - abbrev — An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period
  - abstract — A summary
  - acknowledgements — Acknowledgements of a book or other componentV5.0
  - 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 documentV5.0
  - 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 publicationV5.0
  - date — The date of publication or revision of a document
  - dedication — The dedication of a book or other component
  - dialogue — A container for speeches and other forms of communication involving dialogueV5.0 Publishers
  - drama — A container for plays and other forms of dramatic presentationV5.0 Publishers
  - 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) — A limited span of emphasized text
  - emphasis (db.emphasis) — Emphasized text
  - entry — A cell in a table
  - entrytbl — A subtable appearing in place of an entry in a table
  - 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, with limited contentV5.1
  - 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 limited word or phrase in a language other than the primary language of the documentV5.1
  - 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 personV5.1
  - 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 termV5.1
  - 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 blockV5.0
  - info (db.titleforbidden.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block without a titleV5.0
  - info (db.titleonly.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block with only a titleV5.0
  - info (db.titleonlyreq.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block with only a required titleV5.0
  - info (db.titlereq.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block with a required titleV5.0
  - 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 communicationV5.0 Publishers
  - lineage — The portion of a person's name indicating a relationship to ancestors
  - linegroup — A grouping of lines in dialogue or other form of communicationV5.0 Publishers
  - 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
  - mml:* — Any element from the MathML namespace
  - multimediaparam — Application specific parameters for a media playerV5.1
  - 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 metadataV5.0
  - 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 metadataV5.0
  - personblurb — A short description or note about a person
  - personname — The personal name of an individual
  - phone — A telephone number
  - phrase (db._phrase) — A limited span of text
  - phrase (db.phrase) — A span of text
  - pob — A post office box in an address
  - poetry — A container for poetryV5.0 Publishers
  - 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) — A limited inline quotationV5.1
  - 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
  - result — A wrapper for identifying the results of a procedure or stepV5.1
  - 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.entrytbl.row) — A row in a table
  - 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
  - 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 lectureV5.0 Publishers
  - 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 H₂O, 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
  - svg:* — Any element from the SVG namespace
  - 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.entrytbl.tbody) — A wrapper for the rows of a table or informal table
  - 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.entrytbl.thead) — A table header consisting of one or more rows
  - 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
  - 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
III. Appendixes
Index

List of Figures

1. The Pythagorean Theorem Illustrated

List of Tables

List of Examples