type

type — The classification of a value.

Synopsis

type ::=

Zero or more of:
- text
- replaceable
- Graphic inlines
  inlinemediaobject
- Indexing inlines
  indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)
  indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)
  indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)
- Linking inlines
  anchor
  biblioref
  link
  olink
  xref
- 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
  superscript
  trademark
  wordasword
  xref

Attributes

Common 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.

Parents

This element occurs in 57 elements.

Children

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.


trademark		uri