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
Name | Type | Default | |||
moreinfo |
| "none" | |||
class |
| 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.
Parents
These elements contain application: action
, application
, attribution
, bibliomisc
, bridgehead
, citation
, citetitle
, classsynopsisinfo
, code
, command
, computeroutput
, database
, emphasis
, entry
, filename
, firstterm
, foreignphrase
, funcparams
, funcsynopsisinfo
, function
, glosssee
, glossseealso
, glossterm
, hardware
, interfacename
, keycap
, lineannotation
, link
, literal
, literallayout
, lotentry
, member
, msgaud
, olink
, option
, optional
, para
, parameter
, phrase
, primary
, primaryie
, productname
, programlisting
, property
, quote
, refclass
, refdescriptor
, refentrytitle
, refname
, refpurpose
, remark
, screen
, screeninfo
, secondary
, secondaryie
, see
, seealso
, seealsoie
, seeie
, seg
, segtitle
, simpara
, subtitle
, synopsis
, systemitem
, td
, term
, termdef
, tertiary
, tertiaryie
, th
, title
, titleabbrev
, tocback
, tocentry
, tocfront
, trademark
, ulink
, userinput
.
Children
The following elements occur in application: abbrev
, acronym
, action
, anchor
, application
, author
, authorinitials
, beginpage
, biblioref
, citation
, citebiblioid
, citerefentry
, citetitle
, classname
, classsynopsis
, cmdsynopsis
, code
, command
, computeroutput
, constant
, constructorsynopsis
, corpauthor
, corpcredit
, database
, destructorsynopsis
, email
, emphasis
, envar
, errorcode
, errorname
, errortext
, errortype
, exceptionname
, fieldsynopsis
, filename
, firstterm
, footnote
, footnoteref
, foreignphrase
, funcsynopsis
, function
, glossterm
, guibutton
, guiicon
, guilabel
, guimenu
, guimenuitem
, guisubmenu
, hardware
, indexterm
, inlineequation
, inlinegraphic
, inlinemediaobject
, interface
, interfacename
, keycap
, keycode
, keycombo
, keysym
, link
, literal
, markup
, medialabel
, menuchoice
, methodname
, methodsynopsis
, modespec
, mousebutton
, nonterminal
, olink
, ooclass
, ooexception
, oointerface
, option
, optional
, orgname
, othercredit
, package
, parameter
, personname
, phrase
, productname
, productnumber
, prompt
, property
, quote
, remark
, replaceable
, returnvalue
, revhistory
, sgmltag
, structfield
, structname
, subscript
, superscript
, symbol
, synopsis
, systemitem
, termdef
, token
, trademark
, type
, ulink
, uri
, userinput
, varname
, wordasword
, xref
.
Attributes
class
Class
identifies an application as either a hardware application or a software application.moreinfo
If
MoreInfo
is set toRefEntry
, it implies that aRefEntry
exists which further describes theApplication
.
See Also
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
.