refsect1
refsect1 — A major subsection of a reference entry.
Synopsis
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- Sequence of:
- One of:
- One of:
- Sequence of:
- One or more of:
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- Admonition elements
- Formal elements
- Graphic elements
- Informal elements
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- List elements
- Paragraph elements
- Publishing elements
- Synopsis elements
- Technical elements
- Verbatim elements
- Optional one or more of:
- One or more of:
- One or more of:
- Sequence of:
- One of:
Additional Constraints
- If this element is the root element, it must have a version attribute.
Description
Reference pages have their own hierarchical structure. A
refsect1 is a major division in a
refentry, analogous to a sect1
elsewhere in the document.
The value of a separate hierarchical structure is that it allows
the content model of sections in reference pages to be customized
differently than the content model of sections outside. For example,
because of this split, it was easy to add a recursive sectioning element
(section) as a peer to sect1 in
DocBook V3.1 without introducing it to refentrys, in which it would not be
desirable.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block.
In some environments, the name, number, and order of major divisions in a reference page are strictly defined by house style. For example, one style requires that the first major section after the synopsis be the “Description,” which it must have as its title.
In those cases, it may be useful to replace
refsect1 in the content model with a set of named
sections (following the pattern of refnamediv and
refsynopsisdiv).
Formatting reference pages may require a fairly sophisticated
processing system. Much of the meta-information about a reference page
(its name, type, purpose, title, and classification) is stored in
wrappers near the beginning of the refentry.
Common presentational features, such as titles and running headers, may require data from several of these wrappers plus some generated text. Other formatting often requires that these elements be reordered.
Attributes
- label
Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes
- status
Identifies the editorial or publication status of the element on which it occurs