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Version: DocBook V4.5

application

application — The name of a software program

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

application ::=
(#PCDATA|footnoteref|xref|biblioref|abbrev|acronym|citation|
citerefentry|citetitle|citebiblioid|emphasis|firstterm|
foreignphrase|glossterm|termdef|footnote|phrase|orgname|quote|
trademark|wordasword|personname|link|olink|ulink|action|
application|classname|methodname|interfacename|exceptionname|
ooclass|oointerface|ooexception|package|command|computeroutput|
database|email|envar|errorcode|errorname|errortype|errortext|
filename|function|guibutton|guiicon|guilabel|guimenu|guimenuitem|
guisubmenu|hardware|interface|keycap|keycode|keycombo|keysym|
literal|code|constant|markup|medialabel|menuchoice|mousebutton|
option|optional|parameter|prompt|property|replaceable|
returnvalue|sgmltag|structfield|structname|symbol|systemitem|uri|
token|type|userinput|varname|nonterminal|anchor|author|
authorinitials|corpauthor|corpcredit|modespec|othercredit|
productname|productnumber|revhistory|remark|subscript|
superscript|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|inlineequation|
synopsis|cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis|classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis|
constructorsynopsis|destructorsynopsis|methodsynopsis|indexterm|
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Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

moreinfo

Enumeration:

none

refentry

"none"

class

Enumeration:

hardware

software

None

Description

The appelation “application” is usually reserved for larger software packages—WordPerfect, for example, but not grep. In some domains, Application may also apply to a piece of hardware.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline. The MoreInfo attribute can help generate a link or query to retrieve additional information.

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.

Attributes

class

Class identifies an application as either a hardware application or a software application.

moreinfo

If MoreInfo is set to RefEntry, it implies that a RefEntry exists which further describes the Application.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para>
<application>Word Perfect</application> is one of several word
processors to claim support for <acronym>SGML</acronym>.
</para>

Word Perfect is one of several word processors to claim support for SGML.

For additional examples, see also envar, medialabel, systemitem.