Simplified DocBook: The Definitive Guide  (Version 0.9.1 for Simplified DocBook 5.1)

abbrev

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

Synopsis

abbrev ::= [x]  [+]

Description

An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Parents

These elements contain abbrev: bibliomixed, bibliomset, caption (db.html.caption), citetitle, emphasis, entry, link, literallayout, orgdiv, para, phrase (db.phrase), programlisting, quote, subtitle, td, term, th, title, titleabbrev.

Children

The following elements occur in abbrev: text, inlinemediaobject, phrase (db._phrase), replaceable, subscript, superscript, trademark.

Examples

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

<para>The <abbrev>Assn.</abbrev> of Computing Machinery would probably never
abbreviate “Association” like this.
</para>

</article>

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