revdescription
revdescription — A extended description of a revision to a document.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- Sequence of:
- empty
- empty
- Sequence of:
revhistoryspeakernotes- Formal elements
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- Graphic elements
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- Informal elements
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- List elements
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- Paragraph elements
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- Publishing elements
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- Verbatim elements
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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, speakernotes, table (db.cals.table), table (db.html.table), variablelist.
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