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
- Zero or more of:
- text
phrase
(db._phrase)replaceable
- Graphic inlines
- Product inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
Attributes
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>