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Version: DocBook V4.5

medialabel

medialabel — A name that identifies the physical medium on which some information resides

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

medialabel ::=
(#PCDATA|replaceable|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|indexterm|
beginpage)*

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

class

Enumeration:

cartridge

cdrom

disk

tape

None

Description

The MediaLabel element identifies the name of a specific piece of physical media, such as a tape or disk label. Usually, a media label is something external, written by hand on the media itself, for example, but it may also refer to digital labels.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Children

The following elements occur in medialabel: beginpage, indexterm, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, replaceable.

Attributes

class

Class indicates the type of media labeled.

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>
To install <application>The Great Foo</application>, insert the disk
labelled <medialabel>TGF Setup 1</medialabel> and run
<command>setup</command>.
</para>

To install The Great Foo, insert the disk labelled TGF Setup 1 and run setup.

<!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 weekly incremental backup tape is labelled
<medialabel>Backup <replaceable>nn</replaceable></medialabel>, where
<replaceable>nn</replaceable> is the week number.
</para>

The weekly incremental backup tape is labelled _Backup _nn__, where nn is the week number.