type
type — The classification of a value.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
replaceable
- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
abbrev
acronym
alt
anchor
annotation
biblioref
coref
date
emphasis
(db._emphasis)firstterm
(db._firstterm)footnote
footnoteref
foreignphrase
(db._foreignphrase)glossterm
(db._glossterm)indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobject
link
olink
phrase
(db._phrase)quote
(db._quote)remark
subscript
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xref
Attributes
Description
In general usage, type
identifies one member of
a class of values.
In documenting computer programs, it identifies specifically a
“type,” as might be declared with
typedef
in the C programming language.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
This element occurs in 57 elements.
This element contains 29 elements.
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example type</title> <para>The <function>geteuid</function> function returns a <type>uid_t</type> that contains the user's <emphasis>effective</emphasis> user id. </para> </article>
The geteuid
function returns a uid_t that
contains the user's effective user id.