appendix
appendix — An appendix in a book or article.
Synopsis
- Sequence of:
- One of:
- Optional sequence of:
- Zero or more of:
- One of:
- Sequence of:
- One or more of:
- Sequence of:
- empty
- empty
- Sequence of:
revhistory
- Formal elements
- Graphic elements
- Informal elements
informaltable
(db.cals.informaltable)informaltable
(db.html.informaltable)
- List elements
- Paragraph elements
- Publishing elements
- Verbatim elements
- Optional one or more of:
- One or more of:
- One or more of:
- Sequence of:
- Zero or more of:
- One of:
Attributes
Description
Appendixes usually occur at the end of a document.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block. Usually introduces a forced page break and often starts on the next recto page. Sometimes restarts page numbering. Typically, appendixes are lettered rather than numbered, and appear in the table of contents.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- label
Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes
- status
Identifies the editorial or publication status of the element on which it occurs
Children
The following elements occur in appendix: bibliography
, blockquote
, epigraph
, example
, figure
, info
(db.titleforbidden.info), info
(db.titlereq.info), informaltable
(db.cals.informaltable), informaltable
(db.html.informaltable), itemizedlist
, literallayout
, mediaobject
, note
, orderedlist
, para
, programlisting
, revhistory
, section
, sidebar
, subtitle
, table
(db.cals.table), table
(db.html.table), title
, titleabbrev
, variablelist
.
See Also
Examples
<book xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example book</title>
<chapter>
<title>Required Chapter</title>
<para>At least one chapter, reference, part, or article is required in
a book.
</para>
</chapter>
<appendix>
<title>Demonstration Appendix</title>
<para>This appendix demonstrates an appendix in a book. It has the
same broad content model as a chapter.
</para>
</appendix>
</book>