Name
phrase — A span of text
Synopsis
phrase (db.phrase) ::= (text | Bibliography inlines | Error inlines | Graphic inlines | GUI inlines | Indexing inlines | Keyboard inlines | Linking inlines | Markup inlines | Math inlines | Object-oriented programming inlines | Operating system inlines | Product inlines | Programming inlines | Publishing inlines | Technical inlines | Ubiquitous inlines)*
Attribute synopsis
Description
The phrase element in DocBook has no specific
semantic. It is provided as a wrapper around a selection of words
smaller than a paragraph so that it is possible to provide an xml:id or other attributes for it.
For example, if you are making note of changes to a document using
one of the effectivity attributes, you might use
phrase to mark up specific sentences with
revisions.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
See Also
abbrev, acronym, emphasis, foreignphrase, phrase (db._phrase), quote, wordasword
Examples
<para xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>Effectivity attributes can be used to keep track of modifications to a document <phrase revisionflag="deleted">at the word or sentence level</phrase> <phrase revisionflag="added"> as long as the number and complexity of changes is not too high</phrase>. </para>
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