revdescription

revdescription — A extended description of a revision to a document.

Synopsis

revdescription ::=

Zero or more of:
- empty
- empty
- revhistory
- Admonition elements
  - note
- Formal elements
  - example
  - figure
  - table (db.cals.table)
  - table (db.html.table)
- Graphic elements
  - mediaobject
- Informal elements
  - informaltable (db.cals.informaltable)
  - informaltable (db.html.informaltable)
- List elements
- Paragraph elements
  - para
- Publishing elements
- Verbatim elements
  - literallayout
  - programlisting

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

The revdescription associated with a revision is a summary of the changes made in that revision. A revdescription is intended for long, complete summaries. For a simple text-only summary, see revremark.

Processing expectations

May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context. Sometimes suppressed.

Parents

These elements contain revdescription: revision.

Children

The following elements occur in revdescription: blockquote, epigraph, example, figure, informaltable (db.cals.informaltable), informaltable (db.html.informaltable), itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, note, orderedlist, para, programlisting, revhistory, sidebar, table (db.cals.table), table (db.html.table), variablelist.