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Version: DocBook V4.5

database

database — The name of a database, or part of a database

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

database ::=
(#PCDATA|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|remark|subscript|
superscript|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|indexterm|beginpage)*

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

moreinfo

Enumeration:

none

refentry

"none"

class

Enumeration:

altkey

constraint

datatype

field

foreignkey

group

index

key1

key2

name

primarykey

procedure

record

rule

secondarykey

table

user

view

None

Description

The name of a database, or part of a database.

Processing expectations

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

Future Changes

The content model of Database will be constrained to (#PCDATA | Replaceable | InlineGraphic) in DocBook V4.0.

Attributes

class

Class allows the author to identify particular elements of a database.

moreinfo

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

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>
The <database>ProjectStatus</database> database has been updated.
Please note that <database class='field'>Year</database> has been
extended to four digits.
</para>

The ProjectStatus database has been updated. Please note that Year has been extended to four digits.