Chapter 3. Changes to Core DocBook
The following content models from core DocBook have been customized to better support the needs of Publishers:
-
sidebar
Several publishers demonstrated a need to have nested sections within a
sidebar
. As a result, thesidebar
model was modified to allow recursivesection
elements.Sidebar was also modified to allow
subtitle
as well astitle
.-
person
While not appropriate in technical documentation, several publishers requested that media objects (such as photos) be allowed within a
person
element. As a result, theperson
model was modified to includemediaobject
.-
org
While not appropriate in technical documentation, several publishers requested that media objects (such as logos) be allowed within an
org
element. Theorg
element was modified to includemediaobject
.-
info
The various patterns defining
info
have been modified to allow either DocBook metadata OR Dublin Core metadata elements.- block-level patterns
The block-level patterns in the schema have been modified to allow the newly created elements:
dialogue
,poetry
,drama
.