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RefMiscInfo

Name

RefMiscInfo -- Meta-information for a reference entry other than the title and volume number

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

RefMiscInfo ::=
((#PCDATA|Link|OLink|ULink|Emphasis|Trademark|Replaceable|Comment|
  Subscript|Superscript|InlineGraphic|InlineMediaObject|IndexTerm)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

ClassCDATANone

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Description

RefMiscInfo is an escape hatch for additional meta-information about a reference page. It may hold copyright information, release or revision information, descriptive text for use in a print header or footer, or any other information not explicitly provided for in RefMeta.

Processing expectations

May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context.

Parents

These elements contain RefMiscInfo: RefMeta.

Children

The following elements occur in RefMiscInfo: Comment, Emphasis, IndexTerm, InlineGraphic, InlineMediaObject, Link, OLink, Replaceable, Subscript, Superscript, Trademark, ULink.

In some contexts, the following elements are allowed anywhere: BeginPage, IndexTerm.

Attributes

Class

Class on RefMiscInfo can be used to indicate the nature of the miscellaneous information being added to RefMeta. Naming this attribute "class" is a violation of DocBook semantics (where Class attributes have delimited value sets), it should really be called Type.

Examples

For examples, see RefEntry.

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