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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RefSynopsisDiv

Name

RefSynopsisDiv -- A syntactic synopsis of the subject of the reference page

Synopsis

Content Model

RefSynopsisDiv ::=
(RefSynopsisDivInfo?,
 (Title,Subtitle?,TitleAbbrev?)?,
 (((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)+,
   RefSect2*)|
  (RefSect2+)))

Attributes

Common attributes

Tag Minimization

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

Description

RefSynopsisDiv contains a syntactic synopsis of the function or command described by the RefEntry. When RefEntrys are used to describe other sorts of things, RefSynopsisDiv should be used for whatever succinct, synopsis information seems appropriate.[1]

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. RefSynopsisDiv usually generates a section heading, in the same typographic style as a RefSect1 Title, called "Synopsis."

Formatting reference pages may require a fairly sophisticated processing system. Much of the meta-information about a reference page (its name, type, purpose, title, and classification) is stored in wrappers near the beginning of the RefEntry.

Common presentational features, such as titles and running headers, may require data from several of these wrappers plus some generated text. Other formatting often requires that these elements be reordered.

Parents

These elements contain RefSynopsisDiv: RefEntry.

Children

The following elements occur in RefSynopsisDiv: Abstract, Address, Anchor, AuthorBlurb, BlockQuote, BridgeHead, CalloutList, Caution, CmdSynopsis, Comment, Epigraph, Equation, Example, Figure, FormalPara, FuncSynopsis, GlossList, Graphic, GraphicCO, Highlights, Important, IndexTerm, InformalEquation, InformalExample, InformalFigure, InformalTable, ItemizedList, LiteralLayout, MediaObject, MediaObjectCO, MsgSet, Note, OrderedList, Para, Procedure, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, QandASet, RefSect2, RefSynopsisDivInfo, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, SegmentedList, Sidebar, SimPara, SimpleList, Subtitle, Synopsis, Table, Tip, Title, TitleAbbrev, VariableList, Warning.

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

See Also

Arg, CmdSynopsis, Group, RefNameDiv, RefSect1, SBR, SynopFragment, SynopFragmentRef

Examples

For examples, see RefEntry.

Notes

[1]	In this book, each element of the DTD is described on a reference page, and the RefSynopsisDiv is used for the synopsis at the beginning of each entry.

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