nonterminal
nonterminal — A non-terminal in an EBNF production.
Synopsis
nonterminal ::=
- text
Attributes
Additional attributes:
- def (anyURI)
Required attributes are shown in bold.
Description
A nonterminal is a symbol in an EBNF
production that represents a portion of the
grammar.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
Notice that the def
attribute is not an IDREF, it is a URI.
References to nonterminals often cross document boundaries, making
ID/IDREF linking impossible.
Attributes
- def
Specifies a URI that points to a
productionwhere thenonterminalis defined
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This element occurs in 54 elements.
Examples
See productionset.