DocBook Website: The Definitive Guide

Author: Norman Walsh

Editor: Richard Hamilton

Version 0.9.7 for DocBook Website 5.2CR5

Updated: 3 March, 2023

Table of Contents

Preface
Part I. Introduction
- 1. Getting Started with “Website”
Part II. Reference
- I. DocBook Element Reference
  - abbrev — An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period
  - abstract — A summary
  - acronym — An often pronounceable word made from the initial (or selected) letters of a name or phrase
  - affiliation — The institutional affiliation of an individual
  - alt — A text-only annotation, often used for accessibility
  - appendix — An appendix in a book or article
  - attribution — The source of a block quote or epigraph
  - audiodata — Pointer to external audio data
  - audioobject — A wrapper for audio data and its associated meta-information
  - author — The name of an individual author
  - authorgroup — Wrapper for author information when a document has multiple authors or collaborators
  - authorinitials — The initials or other short identifier for an author
  - bibliodiv — A section of a bibliography
  - bibliography — A bibliography
  - bibliomisc — Untyped bibliographic information
  - bibliomixed — A cooked entry in a bibliography
  - bibliomset — A cooked container for related bibliographic information
  - blockquote — A quotation set off from the main text
  - caption (db.caption) — A caption
  - caption (db.html.caption) — An HTML table caption
  - citetitle — The title of a cited work
  - col — Specifications for a column in an HTML table
  - colgroup — A group of columns in an HTML table
  - colspec — Specifications for a column in a table
  - command — The name of an executable program or other software command
  - computeroutput — Data, generally text, displayed or presented by a computer
  - config — A website configuration parameterV5.0 Website
  - copyright — Copyright information about a document
  - date — The date of publication or revision of a document
  - edition — The name or number of an edition of a document
  - editor — The name of the editor of a document
  - email — An email address
  - emphasis — Emphasized text
  - entry — A cell in a table
  - entrytbl — A subtable appearing in place of an entry in a table
  - epigraph — A short inscription at the beginning of a document or component
  - example — A formal example, with a title
  - figure — A formal figure, generally an illustration, with a title
  - filename — The name of a file
  - firstname — A given name of a person
  - footnote — A footnote
  - footnoteref — A cross reference to a footnote (a footnote mark)
  - givenname — The given name of a personV5.1
  - head — The head in a webpageV5.0 Website
  - holder — The name of the individual or organization that holds a copyright
  - honorific — The title of a person
  - html:button — A button in an HTML form
  - html:fieldset — A fieldset element in an HTML form
  - html:form — An HTML form
  - html:input — An input element in an HTML form
  - html:label — A label in an HTML form
  - html:legend — A legend in an HTML form fieldset
  - html:option — An option element in an HTML form
  - html:select — A select element in an HTML form
  - html:textarea — A textarea element in an HTML form
  - imagedata — Pointer to external image data
  - imageobject — A wrapper for image data and its associated meta-information
  - info (db.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other blockV5.0
  - info (db.titleforbidden.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block without a titleV5.0
  - info (db.titleonly.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block with only a titleV5.0
  - info (db.titleonlyreq.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block with only a required titleV5.0
  - info (db.titlereq.info) — A wrapper for information about a component or other block with a required titleV5.0
  - informaltable (db.html.informaltable) — An HTML table without a title
  - informaltable (db.cals.informaltable) — A table without a title
  - inlinemediaobject — An inline media object (video, audio, image, and so on)
  - issuenum — The number of an issue of a journal
  - itemizedlist — A list in which each entry is marked with a bullet or other dingbat
  - keyword — One of a set of keywords describing the content of a document
  - keywords — The keywords for a webpageV5.0 Website
  - keywordset — A set of keywords describing the content of a document
  - legalnotice — A statement of legal obligations or requirements
  - lineage — The portion of a person's name indicating a relationship to ancestors
  - lineannotation — A comment on a line in a verbatim listing
  - link (db.link) — A hypertext link
  - headlink — A link in the head of a webpageV5.0 Website
  - listitem — A wrapper for the elements of a list item
  - literal — Inline text that is some literal value
  - literallayout — A block of text in which line breaks and white space are to be reproduced faithfully
  - mediaobject — A displayed media object (video, audio, image, etc.)
  - meta — The meta in a webpage headV5.0 Website
  - multimediaparam — Application specific parameters for a media playerV5.1
  - note — A message set off from the text
  - option — An option for a software command
  - orderedlist — A list in which each entry is marked with a sequentially incremented label
  - orgname — The name of an organization
  - othercredit — A person or entity, other than an author or editor, credited in a document
  - othername — A component of a person's name that is not a first name, surname, or lineage
  - para — A paragraph
  - personblurb — A short description or note about a person
  - personname — The personal name of an individual
  - phrase (db._phrase) — A limited span of text
  - phrase (db.phrase) — A span of text
  - programlisting — A literal listing of all or part of a program
  - pubdate — The date of publication of a document
  - publishername — The name of the publisher of a document
  - quote — An inline quotation
  - rddl:resource — V5.0 Website
  - releaseinfo — Information about a particular release of a document
  - replaceable — Content that may or must be replaced by the user
  - revdescription — A extended description of a revision to a document
  - revhistory — A history of the revisions to a document
  - revision — An entry describing a single revision in the history of the revisions to a document
  - revnumber — A document revision number
  - revremark — A description of a revision to a document
  - row (db.entrytbl.row) — A row in a table
  - row (db.row) — A row in a table
  - script — A script in the head of a webpageV5.0 Website
  - section — A recursive section
  - sidebar — A portion of a document that is isolated from the main narrative flow
  - spanspec — Formatting information for a spanned column in a table
  - style — A style section in the head of a webpageV5.0 Website
  - subject — One of a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document
  - subjectset — A set of terms describing the subject matter of a document
  - subjectterm — A term in a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document
  - subscript — A subscript (as in H₂O, the molecular formula for water)
  - subtitle — The subtitle of a document
  - summary — A short summary of a webpageV5.0 Website
  - superscript — A superscript (as in x², the mathematical notation for x multiplied by itself)
  - surname — An inherited or family name; in western cultures the last name
  - systemitem — A system-related item or term
  - table (db.html.table) — A formal (captioned) HTML table in a document
  - table (db.cals.table) — A formal table in a document
  - tbody (db.cals.entrytbl.tbody) — A wrapper for the rows of a table or informal table
  - tbody (db.html.tbody) — A wrapper for the rows of an HTML table or informal HTML table
  - tbody (db.cals.tbody) — A wrapper for the rows of a table or informal table
  - td — A table entry in an HTML table
  - term — The word or phrase being defined or described in a variable list
  - textdata — Pointer to external text data
  - textobject — A wrapper for a text description of an object and its associated meta-information
  - tfoot (db.html.tfoot) — A table footer consisting of one or more rows in an HTML table
  - tfoot (db.cals.tfoot) — A table footer consisting of one or more rows
  - tgroup — A wrapper for the main content of a table, or part of a table
  - th — A table header entry in an HTML table
  - thead (db.cals.entrytbl.thead) — A table header consisting of one or more rows
  - thead (db.html.thead) — A table header consisting of one or more rows in an HTML table
  - thead (db.cals.thead) — A table header consisting of one or more rows
  - title — The text of the title of a section of a document or of a formal block-level element
  - titleabbrev — The abbreviation of a title
  - tr — A row in an HTML table
  - trademark — A trademark
  - userinput — Data entered by the user
  - variablelist — A list in which each entry is composed of a set of one or more terms and an associated description
  - varlistentry — A wrapper for a set of terms and the associated description in a variable list
  - videodata — Pointer to external video data
  - videoobject — A wrapper for video data and its associated meta-information
  - volumenum — The volume number of a document in a set (as of books in a set or articles in a journal)
  - webpage — A page in a websiteV5.0 Website
  - webtoc — Marks the location of a TOC in a webpageV5.0 Website
  - xref — A cross reference to another part of the document
  - year — The year of publication of a document
Part III. Appendixes
Glossary
Index

List of Figures

1. The Pythagorean Theorem Illustrated

List of Tables

List of Examples

1. A DSSSL Function