dedication
dedication — The dedication of a book or other component.
Synopsis
dedication ::= ![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
- Sequence of:
- One of:
- One or more of:
annotationbridgeheadremarkrevhistory- Indexing inlines
- Admonition elements
- Formal elements
- Graphic elements
- Informal elements
informalequationinformalexampleinformalfigureinformaltable(db.cals.informaltable)informaltable(db.html.informaltable)
- List elements
- Paragraph elements
- Publishing elements
- Synopsis elements
- Technical elements
- Verbatim elements
- One of:
Additional Constraints
- If this element is the root element, it must have a version attribute.
Description
A dedication is a page or section, most often
at the very beginning of a book (before any other body matter),
containing a tribute to something (frequently someone) in connection
with the writing or publication of the book.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block. Frequently appears on a page by itself at the beginning of a book.
Attributes
- label
Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes
- status
Identifies the editorial or publication status of the element on which it occurs
Parents
These elements contain dedication: article, book, part.
Children ![[+]](figs/web/nav/right.gif)
This element contains 64 elements.
Examples
<book xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>The Best XML Jokes</title>
<info>
<author><personname>
<firstname>A</firstname><surname>Nonymous</surname>
</personname></author>
</info>
<dedication>
<para>To my mother and father, for teaching me to laugh.
</para>
</dedication>
<chapter><title>Parsing Jokes</title>
<para>What did the lexer say to the angle bracket? …
</para>
</chapter>
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</book>