chapter
chapter — A chapter, as of a book.
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annotation
bridgehead
remark
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- Admonition elements
- Formal elements
- Graphic elements
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informalfigure
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- List elements
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- Publishing elements
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- Verbatim elements
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Additional Constraints
- If this element is the root element, it must have a version attribute.
Description
A chapter
is a chapter of a book
.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block. Usually introduces a forced page break and often starts on the next recto page. The first chapter of a document usually restarts page numbering. Typically, chapters are numbered and presented in the table of contents.
Attributes
- label
Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes
- status
Identifies the editorial or publication status of the element on which it occurs
This element contains 73 elements.
Examples
<chapter xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook' label="6" xml:id="figures" version="5.0"> <info> <title>Pictures and Figures</title> <keywordset> <keyword>images</keyword> <keyword>illustrations</keyword> </keywordset> <itermset> <indexterm zone="figures"><primary>Figures</primary></indexterm> <indexterm zone="figures"><primary>Pictures</primary></indexterm> <indexterm zone="notreal"> <primary>Sections</primary><secondary>Not Real</secondary> </indexterm> </itermset> </info> <epigraph> <attribution>William Safire</attribution> <para>Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight. </para> </epigraph> <para>Pictures and figures … </para> <sect1><title>Top Level Section</title> <para>… </para> <bridgehead xml:id="notreal" renderas='sect3'>Not a Real Section</bridgehead> <para>This paragraph appears to be under a Sect3 heading, but it's really in the same Sect1 as the preceding paragraph. </para> </sect1> </chapter>