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DocBook: The Definitive Guide

DocBook: The Definitive Guide

By Norman Walsh & Leonard Muellner
1st Edition October 1999
1-56592-580-7, Order Number: 5807
652 pages, $36.95 , Includes CD-ROM

Citation

Name

Citation -- An inline bibliographic reference to another published work

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

Citation ::=
((#PCDATA|FootnoteRef|XRef|Abbrev|Acronym|Citation|CiteRefEntry|
  CiteTitle|Emphasis|FirstTerm|ForeignPhrase|GlossTerm|Footnote|
  Phrase|Quote|Trademark|WordAsWord|Link|OLink|ULink|Action|
  Application|ClassName|Command|ComputerOutput|Database|Email|
  EnVar|ErrorCode|ErrorName|ErrorType|Filename|Function|GUIButton|
  GUIIcon|GUILabel|GUIMenu|GUIMenuItem|GUISubmenu|Hardware|
  Interface|InterfaceDefinition|KeyCap|KeyCode|KeyCombo|KeySym|
  Literal|Constant|Markup|MediaLabel|MenuChoice|MouseButton|
  MsgText|Option|Optional|Parameter|Prompt|Property|Replaceable|
  ReturnValue|SGMLTag|StructField|StructName|Symbol|SystemItem|
  Token|Type|UserInput|VarName|Anchor|Author|AuthorInitials|
  CorpAuthor|ModeSpec|OtherCredit|ProductName|ProductNumber|
  RevHistory|Comment|Subscript|Superscript|InlineGraphic|
  InlineMediaObject|InlineEquation|Synopsis|CmdSynopsis|
  FuncSynopsis|IndexTerm)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Tag Minimization

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

Parameter Entities

%gen.char.class;%ndxterm.char.mix;%para.char.mix;
%programlisting.content;%refinline.char.mix;%screen.content;
%tbl.entry.mdl;%title.char.mix;

Description

The content of a Citation is assumed to be a reference string, perhaps identical to an abbreviation in an entry in a Bibliography.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

(4.0) Future Changes

The InterfaceDefinition element will be discarded in DocBook V4.0. It will no longer be available in the content model of this element.

See Also

CiteRefEntry, CiteTitle

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">
<para>
Consult <citation>AhoSethiUllman96</citation> for more details on
abstract syntax tree construction.
</para>

Consult [AhoSethiUllman96] for more details on abstract syntax tree construction.

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