phrase (db.phrase)
phrase — A span of text.
Synopsis
phrase (db.phrase) ::= ![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
![[+]](figs/web/nav/right.gif)
- Zero or more of:
- text
- Sequence of:
- Sequence of:
html:buttonhtml:fieldsethtml:inputhtml:labelhtml:selecthtml:textarea- Bibliography inlines
- Graphic inlines
- Linking inlines
- Product inlines
- Publishing inlines
- Technical inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
Attributes
Description
The phrase element in DocBook has no specific
semantic. It is provided as a wrapper around a selection of words
smaller than a paragraph so that it is possible to provide an xml:id or other attributes for it.
For example, if you are making note of changes to a document using
one of the effectivity attributes, you might use
phrase to mark up specific sentences with
revisions.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
Parents
These elements contain phrase: caption (db.html.caption), citetitle, emphasis, entry, html:button, html:label, html:legend, link (db.link), literallayout, orgdiv, para, phrase (db.phrase), programlisting, quote, rddl:resource, subtitle, summary, td, term, textobject, th, title, titleabbrev.
Children
The following elements occur in phrase: text, abbrev, acronym, author, citetitle, command, computeroutput, editor, email, emphasis, filename, footnote, footnoteref, html:button, html:fieldset, html:input, html:label, html:select, html:textarea, inlinemediaobject, link (db.link), literal, option, orgname, personname, phrase (db.phrase), quote, rddl:resource, replaceable, subscript, superscript, systemitem, trademark, userinput, xref.
Examples
<para xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>Effectivity attributes can
be used to keep track of modifications to a document
<phrase revisionflag="deleted">at the word or sentence level</phrase>
<phrase revisionflag="added"> as long as the number and complexity of changes
is not too high</phrase>.
</para>
Effectivity attributes can be used to keep track of modifications to a document at the word or sentence level as long as the number and complexity of changes is not too high.