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Sect2

Name

Sect2 -- A subsection within a Sect1

Synopsis

Content Model

Sect2 ::=
(Sect2Info?,
 (Title,Subtitle?,TitleAbbrev?),
 (ToC|LoT|Index|Glossary|Bibliography)*,
 (((CalloutList|GlossList|ItemizedList|OrderedList|SegmentedList|
    SimpleList|VariableList|Caution|Important|Note|Tip|Warning|
    LiteralLayout|ProgramListing|ProgramListingCO|Screen|ScreenCO|
    ScreenShot|Synopsis|CmdSynopsis|FuncSynopsis|FormalPara|Para|
    SimPara|Address|BlockQuote|Graphic|GraphicCO|MediaObject|
    MediaObjectCO|InformalEquation|InformalExample|InformalFigure|
    InformalTable|Equation|Example|Figure|Table|MsgSet|Procedure|
    Sidebar|QandASet|Anchor|BridgeHead|Comment|Highlights|
    Abstract|AuthorBlurb|Epigraph|IndexTerm)+,
   ((RefEntry)*|
    Sect3*|SimpleSect*))|
  (RefEntry)+|
  Sect3+|SimpleSect+),
 (ToC|LoT|Index|Glossary|Bibliography)*)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

LabelCDATANone
StatusCDATANone
Renderas

Enumeration:

Sect1
Sect3
Sect4
Sect5

None

Tag Minimization

The start-tag is required for this element. The end-tag is optional, if your SGML declaration allows minimization.

Description

A Sect2 is a second-level section in a document.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Sometimes sections are numbered.

(4.0) Future Changes

In DocBook V4.0, the ToC element in the content model will be replaced by TocChap.

Parents

These elements contain Sect2: Sect1.

Children

The following elements occur in Sect2: Abstract, Address, Anchor, AuthorBlurb, Bibliography, BlockQuote, BridgeHead, CalloutList, Caution, CmdSynopsis, Comment, Epigraph, Equation, Example, Figure, FormalPara, FuncSynopsis, Glossary, GlossList, Graphic, GraphicCO, Highlights, Important, Index, IndexTerm, InformalEquation, InformalExample, InformalFigure, InformalTable, ItemizedList, LiteralLayout, LoT, MediaObject, MediaObjectCO, MsgSet, Note, OrderedList, Para, Procedure, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, QandASet, RefEntry, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, Sect2Info, Sect3, SegmentedList, Sidebar, SimPara, SimpleList, SimpleSect, Subtitle, Synopsis, Table, Tip, Title, TitleAbbrev, ToC, VariableList, Warning.

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

Attributes

Label

Label specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes.

Generally, an explicit Label attribute is used only if the processing system is incapable of generating the label automatically. If present, the Label is normative; it will used even if the processing system is capable of automatic labelling.

Renderas

The RenderAs attribute identifies how the section should be rendered. In this way, a section at one level of the structural hierarchy can be made to appear to be at another level.

Status

Status identifies the editorial or publication status of the Sect2.

Publication status might be used to control formatting (for example, printing a "draft" watermark on drafts) or processing (perhaps a document with a status of "final" should not include any components that are not final).

See Also

BridgeHead, Sect1, Sect3, Sect4, Sect5, Section, SimpleSect

Examples

For examples, see Link.

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