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

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InformalEquation

Name

InformalEquation -- A displayed mathematical equation without a title

Synopsis

Content Model

InformalEquation ::=
(Alt?,
 (Graphic+|MediaObject+))

Attributes

Common attributes

Tag Minimization

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

Parameter Entities

%admon.mix;	%bookcomponent.content;	%component.mix;
%divcomponent.mix;	%example.mix;	%figure.mix;
%footnote.mix;	%glossdef.mix;	%indexdivcomponent.mix;
%informal.class;	%para.mix;	%qandaset.mix;
%refcomponent.mix;	%sidebar.mix;

Description

An InformalEquation is usually a mathematical equation or a group of related mathematical equations.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Parents

These elements contain InformalEquation: Answer, Appendix, Article, BiblioDiv, Bibliography, BlockQuote, Callout, Caution, Chapter, Equation, Example, Figure, Footnote, Glossary, GlossDef, GlossDiv, Important, Index, IndexDiv, InformalExample, InformalFigure, ListItem, MsgExplan, MsgText, Note, Para, PartIntro, Preface, Procedure, QandADiv, QandASet, Question, RefSect1, RefSect2, RefSect3, RefSynopsisDiv, Sect1, Sect2, Sect3, Sect4, Sect5, Section, SetIndex, Sidebar, SimpleSect, Step, Tip, Warning.

Children

The following elements occur in InformalEquation: Alt, Graphic, MediaObject.

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

See Also

Equation, Example, Figure, InformalExample, InformalFigure, InformalTable, InlineEquation, Subscript, Superscript, Table

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">
<para>
The equation 
<informalequation>
  <alt>e^(pi*i) + 1 = 0</alt>
  <graphic fileref="figures/epi10"></graphic>
</informalequation>
is delightful because it joins together five of the most
important mathematical constants.
</para>

The equation

is delightful because it joins together five of the most important mathematical constants.

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