DocBook Publishers: The Definitive Guide  (Version 1.2.1 for DocBook 5.1)

simpara

simpara — A paragraph that contains only text and inline markup, no block elements.

Synopsis

simpara ::= [-]

Description

A simpara is a “simple paragraph,” one that may contain only character data and inline elements. The para element is less restrictive; it may also contain block-level structures (lists, figures, etc.).

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Children

The following elements occur in simpara: text, abbrev, acronym, alt, anchor, author, biblioref, citation, citebiblioid, citetitle, coref, date, editor, email, emphasis (db._emphasis), emphasis (db.emphasis), firstterm (db._firstterm), firstterm (db.firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), foreignphrase (db.foreignphrase), glossterm (db._glossterm), glossterm (db.glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), info (db.titleforbidden.info), inlineequation, inlinemediaobject, jobtitle, link, literal, olink, optional, org, orgname, person, personname, phrase (db._phrase), phrase (db.phrase), productname, productnumber, quote (db._quote), quote (db.quote), remark, subscript, superscript, termdef, trademark, uri, wordasword, xref.

See Also

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example simpara</title>

<simpara>
Just the text, ma'am.
</simpara>

</article>

Just the text, ma'am.