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%*.class; Parameter Entities

%*.class; Parameter Entities — Parameter entities which define the DocBook classes

Synopsis​

Classes group elements of a similar type, for example all the lists are in the %list.class;

If you want to add a new kind of something (a new kind of list or a new kind of verbatim environment, for example), you generally want to add the name of the new element to the appropriate class.

Description​

The following sections identify all of the class parameter entities in DocBook.

%admon.class;​

Parameter entity content:

caution|important|note|tip|warning

%appendix.class;​

Parameter entity content:

appendix

%appendix.class; appears in:

%appendix.class; appears in:

article

book

 

%article.class;​

Parameter entity content:

article

%article.class; appears in:

%article.class; appears in:

book

 

 

%base.char.class;​

Parameter entity content:

anchor

%base.char.class; appears in:

%base.char.class; appears in:

replaceable

subscript

superscript

trademark

 

 

%biblio.class.attrib;​

Parameter entity content:

Name

Type

Default

class

Enumerated:

uri

doi

isbn

isrn

issn

libraryofcongress

pubnumber

other

None

otherclass

CDATA

None

%biblio.class.attrib; appears in:

%biblio.class.attrib; appears in:

biblioid

bibliorelation

bibliosource

citebiblioid

 

 

%book.class;​

Parameter entity content:

book

%book.class; appears in:

%book.class; appears in:

set

 

 

%chapter.class;​

Parameter entity content:

chapter

%chapter.class; appears in:

%chapter.class; appears in:

book

 

 

%compound.class;​

Parameter entity content:

msgset|procedure|sidebar|qandaset|task
|productionset|constraintdef

%descobj.class;​

Parameter entity content:

abstract|authorblurb|epigraph

%docinfo.char.class;​

Parameter entity content:

author|authorinitials|corpauthor|corpcredit|modespec|othercredit
|productname|productnumber|revhistory

%formal.class;​

Parameter entity content:

equation|example|figure|table

%gen.char.class;​

Parameter entity content:

abbrev|acronym|citation|citerefentry|citetitle|citebiblioid|emphasis
|firstterm|foreignphrase|glossterm|termdef|footnote|phrase
|orgname|quote|trademark|wordasword
|personname

%genobj.class;​

Parameter entity content:

anchor|bridgehead|remark|highlights

%index.class;​

Parameter entity content:

index|setindex

%index.class; appears in:

%index.class; appears in:

book

 

 

%info.class;​

Parameter entity content:

graphic | mediaobject | legalnotice | modespec
| subjectset | keywordset | itermset | abbrev|abstract|address|artpagenums|author
|authorgroup|authorinitials|bibliomisc|biblioset
|collab|confgroup|contractnum|contractsponsor
|copyright|corpauthor|corpname|corpcredit|date|edition
|editor|invpartnumber|isbn|issn|issuenum|orgname
|biblioid|citebiblioid|bibliosource|bibliorelation|bibliocoverage
|othercredit|pagenums|printhistory|productname
|productnumber|pubdate|publisher|publishername
|pubsnumber|releaseinfo|revhistory|seriesvolnums
|subtitle|title|titleabbrev|volumenum|citetitle
|personname|honorific|firstname|surname|lineage|othername|affiliation
|authorblurb|contrib
|indexterm

%info.class; appears in:

%info.class; appears in:

appendixinfo

articleinfo

bibliographyinfo

blockinfo

bookinfo

chapterinfo

glossaryinfo

indexinfo

objectinfo

partinfo

prefaceinfo

refentryinfo

referenceinfo

refsect1info

refsect2info

refsect3info

refsectioninfo

refsynopsisdivinfo

sect1info

sect2info

sect3info

sect4info

sect5info

sectioninfo

setindexinfo

setinfo

sidebarinfo

%informal.class;​

Parameter entity content:

address|blockquote
|graphic|graphicco|mediaobject|mediaobjectco
|informalequation
|informalexample
|informalfigure
|informaltable

%inlineobj.char.class;​

Parameter entity content:

inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|inlineequation

%linespecific.class;​

Parameter entity content:

literallayout|programlisting|programlistingco|screen
|screenco|screenshot

Parameter entity content:

link|olink|ulink

%link.char.class; appears in:

%link.char.class; appears in:

figure

informalfigure

refentry

refnamediv

replaceable

subscript

superscript

trademark

 

%list.class;​

Parameter entity content:

calloutlist|glosslist|bibliolist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|segmentedlist
|simplelist|variablelist

%method.synop.class;​

Parameter entity content:

constructorsynopsis
|destructorsynopsis
|methodsynopsis

%method.synop.class; appears in:

%method.synop.class; appears in:

classsynopsis

 

 

Parameter entity content:

toc|lot|index|glossary|bibliography

%nav.class; appears in:

%nav.class; appears in:

appendix

article

chapter

preface

sect1

sect2

sect3

sect4

sect5

section

 

 

%ndxterm.class;​

Parameter entity content:

indexterm

%ndxterm.class; appears in:

%ndxterm.class; appears in:

formalpara

glossentry

refentry

refmeta

task

 

%notation.class;​

Parameter entity content:

BMP| CGM-CHAR | CGM-BINARY | CGM-CLEAR | DITROFF | DVI
| EPS | EQN | FAX | GIF | GIF87a | GIF89a
| JPG | JPEG | IGES | PCX
| PIC | PNG | PS | SGML | TBL | TEX | TIFF | WMF | WPG
| SVG | PDF | SWF
| linespecific

%notation.class; appears in:

%notation.class; appears in:

modespec

 

 

%other.char.class;​

Parameter entity content:

remark|subscript|superscript

%other.char.class; appears in:

%other.char.class; appears in:

replaceable

subscript

superscript

trademark

 

 

%para.class;​

Parameter entity content:

formalpara|para|simpara

%para.class; appears in:

%para.class; appears in:

abstract

authorblurb

epigraph

personblurb

printhistory

 

%refentry.class;​

Parameter entity content:

refentry

%refentry.class; appears in:

%refentry.class; appears in:

reference

sect1

sect2

sect3

sect4

sect5

section

 

 

%section.class;​

Parameter entity content:

section

%section.class; appears in:

%section.class; appears in:

section

 

 

%synop.class;​

Parameter entity content:

synopsis|cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis
|classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis
|constructorsynopsis
|destructorsynopsis
|methodsynopsis

%tech.char.class;​

Parameter entity content:

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

%tech.char.class; appears in:

%tech.char.class; appears in:

trademark

 

 

%xref.char.class;​

Parameter entity content:

footnoteref|xref|biblioref