dedication

dedication — A wrapper for the dedication section of a book

Synopsis

Content Model

dedication ::=
((title,subtitle?,titleabbrev?)?,
 (calloutlist|glosslist|bibliolist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|
  segmentedlist|simplelist|variablelist|caution|important|note|
  tip|warning|literallayout|programlisting|programlistingco|
  screen|screenco|screenshot|formalpara|para|simpara|blockquote|
  indexterm|beginpage)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name	Type	Default
status	CDATA	None

Description

A Dedication is a section at the very beginning of a book (before any other body matter) containing a tribute to something (frequently someone) in connection with the writing or publication of the Book.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Frequently appears on a page by itself at the beginning of a book.

Parents

These elements contain dedication: book.

Children

The following elements occur in dedication: beginpage, bibliolist, blockquote, calloutlist, caution, formalpara, glosslist, important, indexterm, itemizedlist, literallayout, note, orderedlist, para, programlisting, programlistingco, screen, screenco, screenshot, segmentedlist, simpara, simplelist, subtitle, tip, title, titleabbrev, variablelist, warning.

Attributes

status

Status identifies the editorial or publication status of the Dedication.

Publication status might be used to control formatting (for example, printing a “draft” watermark on drafts) or processing (perhaps a document with a status of “final” should not include any components that are not final).

See Also

appendix, article, book, chapter, colophon, part, partintro, preface, set.

Examples

For examples, see book.