phrase (db.phrase)
phrase — A span of text.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
Attributes
Description
The phrase
element in DocBook has no specific
semantic. It is provided as a wrapper around a selection of words
smaller than a paragraph so that it is possible to provide an xml:id
or other attributes for it.
For example, if you are making note of changes to a document using
one of the effectivity attributes, you might use
phrase
to mark up specific sentences with
revisions.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
See Also
abbrev
, acronym
, emphasis
, foreignphrase
, phrase
(db._phrase), quote
, wordasword
Examples
<para xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>Effectivity attributes can be used to keep track of modifications to a document <phrase revisionflag="deleted">at the word or sentence level</phrase> <phrase revisionflag="added"> as long as the number and complexity of changes is not too high</phrase>. </para>
Effectivity attributes can be used to keep track of modifications to a document at the word or sentence level as long as the number and complexity of changes is not too high.