abbrev

abbrev — An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.

Synopsis

Parents

bibliomixed
bibliomset
caption (db.html.caption)
citetitle
emphasis
entry
html:button
html:label
html:legend
link (db.link)
literallayout
para
phrase (db.phrase)
programlisting
quote
rddl:resource
subtitle
summary
td
term
th
title
titleabbrev

abbrev ::= × ⏵ ⏷

Zero or more of:
- text
- phrase (db._phrase)
- replaceable
- Graphic inlines ⏵ ⏷
  - inlinemediaobject
- Product inlines ⏵ ⏷
  - trademark
- Ubiquitous inlines ⏵ ⏷

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Parents

23 elements contain abbrev. × ⏵ ⏷

Children

6 elements occur in abbrev. × ⏵ ⏷

Examples

1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
  |<title>Example abbrev</title>
  | 
  |<para>The <abbrev>Assn.</abbrev> of Computing Machinery would probably never
5 |abbreviate “Association” like this.
  |</para>
  | 
  |</article>

The Assn. of Computing Machinery would probably never abbreviate “Association” like this.