May 2010
Intermediate to advanced
552 pages
13h 37m
English
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Name
setindex — An index to a set of books
Synopsis
setindex ::=
((((title? &
titleabbrev? & subtitle?),
info? db.titleforbidden.info) |
info? db.info), (annotation |
bridgehead | remark |
revhistory | Indexing inlines | Admonition elements | Formal elements | Graphic elements | Informal elements | List elements | Paragraph elements | Publishing elements | Synopsis elements | Technical elements | Verbatim elements)*,
(indexdiv* | indexentry*))
Attribute synopsis
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Additional attributes:
labelstatustype
Additional constraints
If this element is the root element, it must have a
versionattribute.
Description
A setindex contains the formatted index of a
complete set of books. An index
may begin with introductory material, followed by any number of
indexentrys or indexdivs.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block. An index in a
set usually causes a forced page break in print
media.
In many processing systems, indexes are generated automatically or semiautomatically and never appear instantiated as DocBook markup.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- label
Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes
- status
Identifies the editorial or publication status of the element on which it occurs
- type
Specifies the target index for this term
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