abbrev

abbrev — An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.

Synopsis

abbrev ::=

Description

An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Attributes

Common linking attributes.

any attribute

Any attribute in any other explicit namespace

Children

The following elements occur in abbrev: text, abbrev, acronym, alt, anchor, biblioref, coref, date, emphasis (db._emphasis), firstterm (db._firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), glossterm (db._glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), quote (db._quote), remark, subscript, superscript, trademark, wordasword, xref.

See Also

Related elements: acronym, emphasis, foreignphrase, phrase, quote, wordasword.

Examples

1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
  |<title>Example abbrev</title>
  | 
  |<para>The <abbrev>Assn.</abbrev> of Computing Machinery would probably never
5 |abbreviate “Association” like this.
  |</para>
  | 
  |</article>

The Assn. of Computing Machinery would probably never abbreviate “Association” like this.