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cross-reference inline elements: xref, link, ulink. basic inline elements: command, envar, literal, emphasis, option, replaceable, remark, filename, indexterm, citetitle, quote, phrase. GUI inline elements: keycombo, keycap, menuchoice. |
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This section lists the NovDocX elements in alphabetical order, and gives a brief description of each, along with a list of parent elements and child elements.
No indication is given about whether an element is required or whether more than one can be used at a given level, because those relationships can change depending on the presence or absence of other elements. If you need additional information about required elements, check the actual NovDocX DTD at .
The “Children” paragraph under each element does not list all the “Grandchildren” elements that could be available at deeper levels. For example, the only heading level listed under sect1is sect2. However, sect3 is available as a child of sect2, and sect4 is available as a child of sect3.
If you are using the FrameMaker structured authoring tool, many of these elements are automatically inserted when you insert an element that has additional required elements.
A summary of the content with which it is associated.
Parents: chapter
Children: para
Comment: Provided for backward compatibility with SUSE documentation. Don’t use it in Novell Provo documentation.
An appendix in a book.
Parents: book, part.
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, msgset, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, procedure, quote, refentry, remark, remark, replaceable, screen, sect1, simplelist, table, tip, title, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref.
The name of a software program.
Parents: refclass
Children: Contains text only (no additional inlines).
Comment: Provided for backward compatibility with SUSE documentation. Don’t use it in Novell Provo documentation.
Holds information about the author of the document in which it occurs.
Parents: authorgroup
Children: firstname, surname
Comment: Provided for backward compatibility with SUSE documentation. Don’t use it in Novell Provo documentation.
Wrapper for author information when a document has multiple authors or collaborators.
Parents: bookinfo
Children: author
Comment: Provided for backward compatibility with SUSE documentation. Don’t use it in Novell Provo documentation.
A complete book.
Children: appendix, bookinfo, chapter, glossary, index, part, preface
Comment: A book can also contain a Table of Contents or an Index. However, because the content of these files is generated, they are not specifically listed as child elements.
In NovDocX.dtd, this element is used to create the front matter
for a book. For information about the content and order of information
in the bookinfo file, see Required
Content for Guides
in the Deliverable
Content Guidelines book.
Parents: book
Children: invpartnumber, productname, productnumber, titleabbrev
Comment: In the Frame tool, creating a bookinfo file brings in all the required elements and the standard boilerplate content.
A free-floating heading
Parents: sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4
Children: command, envar, productname, literal, emphasis, option, replaceable, remark, filename, indexterm, citetitle, quote, phrase, systemitem, guimenu, subscript, superscript, trademark
A visual device for associating annotations with an image, program listing, or similar figure.
Parents: calloutlist.
Children: para
Comments: This element, along with co and calloutlist, allows you to cross-reference from running text to a line within a code sample that uses the screen element. It is not the same thing as a graphic callout.
A list of annotations or descriptions.
Parents: Under discussion. Will include a subset of the following: appendix, callout, chapter, example, glossary, glossdef, glossdiv, important, legalnotice, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, note, para, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsection, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, step, textobject, tip, warning
Children: callout
Comments: This element, along with co and callout, allows you to cross-reference from running text to a line within a code sample that uses the screen element. It is not the same thing as a graphic callout.
Chapter of a book.
Parents: book, part
Children: abstract, callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, msgset, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, procedure, quote, refentry, remark, replaceable, screen, sect1, simplelist, table, tip, title, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref.
Provides inline markup for the title of a cited work.
Parents: command, envar, literal, emphasis, option, replaceable, remark, filename, indexterm, citetitle, quote, phrase.
Children: ulink, xref, link
The location of a callout embedded in text.
Parents: Under discussion. Will include the following: replaceable, screen.
Comments: This element, along with calloutlist and callout, allows you to cross-reference from running text to a line within a code sample that uses the screen element. It is not the same thing as a graphic callout.
Specifications for a column in a table.
Parents: tfoot, tgroup, thead.
The name of an executable program or other software command
Parents: envar, literal, emphasis, option, refname, replaceable, remark, filename, indexterm, citetitle, quote, phrase, screen
Children: text, option, replaceable
Comment: For Novell Provo writers, this is not the same Command element used in previous versions of NovDoc. The old Command element was used to identify information that users were expected to type, and produced bold body text. This element identifies an executable name or a command name, and produces a monospaced font.
Emphasized text.
Parents: command, envar, literal, emphasis, option, replaceable, remark, filename, indexterm, citetitle, quote, phrase, screen
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
Comment: This element produces italicized text.
A cell in a table.
Parents: row
Children: figure, formalpara, important, informalfigure, itemizedlist, note, orderedlist, para, screen, simplelist, tip, warning
A software environment variable.
Parents: command, envar, literal, emphasis, option, refname, replaceable, remark, filename, indexterm, citetitle, quote, phrase.
Children: Contains only text (no additional inline elements).
A formal example, with a title.
Parents: appendix, chapter, listitem, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step
Children: calloutlist, formalpara, glosslist, indexterm, itemizedlist, orderedlist, para, screen, simplelist, title, variablelist
Comments: Novell Provo writers shouldn’t use this element until the managers have created guidelines for using it.
A figure with a title.
Parents: appendix, chapter, entry, listitem, partintro, procedure, sect1, sect2, sect3, step
Children: mediaobject, title
The name of a file. It can be a simple name or can include a path or other elements specific to the operating system.
Parents: glossterm, link, member, para, refname, refpurpose, term, title, ulink
Children: text, replaceable
The first name of a person.
Parents: author
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
Comment: Provided for backward compatibility with SUSE documentation. Don’t use it in Novell Provo documentation.
A paragraph with a run-in title.
Parents: appendix, chapter, entry, example, glossary, legalnotice, listitem, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step
Children: para, title
A glossary containing a collection of terms and brief descriptions or definitions of those terms.
Parents: book
Children: formalpara, glossdiv, glossentry, para, remark, title
A definition in a glossentry, containing the description or definition of a glossterm.
Parents: glossentry
Children: para
A division in a glossary, such as an alphabetical division. A glossary can contain any number of glossentry or glossdiv elements, but it cannot contain a mixture of both at the same level.
Parents: glossary
Children: glossentry
A wrapper around a glossary term and its definition.
Parents: glossary, glossdiv
Children: glossdef, glossterm
Identifies a term that appears in a glossary.
Parents: glossentry
Children: command, envar, literal, emphasis, option, replaceable, remark, filename, indexterm, citetitle, quote, phrase
The name of a menu in a graphical user interface.
Parents: menuchoice
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
Comments: In the Frame tool, used to identify all graphical user interface items.
Points to an external entity containing graphical image data.
Parents: imageobject
A wrapper for image data and its associated meta-information.
Parents: inlinemediaobject, mediaobject
Children: imagedata
An admonition set off from the text.
Parents: appendix, chapter, entry, listitem, msgexplan, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step
Children: title, para, remark, simplelist, itemizedlist, screen
An index.
Comment: No “content” in terms of elements, because the content is generated.
A wrapper for terms to be indexed.
Parents: appendix, chapter, example, listitem, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, screen, sect1, sect2, sect3
Children: primary, secondary, see, seealso, tertiary
Comment: Because indexes are generated, there is no need for a separate Index element.
A figure without a title.
Parents: appendix, chapter, entry, listitem, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step
Children: mediaobject
A table without a title.
Parents: appendix, chapter, listitem, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step
Children: tgroup
An inline media object (video, audio, image, and so on).
Parents: member, para, term
Children: imageobject, textobject
An inventory part number.
Parents: bookinfo
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements)
A list in which each entry is marked with a bullet, dash, or other symbol.
Parents: appendix, chapter, entry, important, listitem, note, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step, tip
Children: listitem
Comment: This can be a bulleted list or a checklist, depending on the character you select.
The text printed on a key on a keyboard.
Parents: keycombo, member, para, refname, refpurpose, shortcut, term
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements)
Comments: Provided for backward compatibility with SUSE documentation. Don’t use it in Novell Provo documentation.
For actions that require multiple keystrokes, mouse actions, or other physical input selections, the KeyCombo element provides a wrapper for the entire set of events.
Parents: member, para, refname, refpurpose, shortcut, term
Children: keycap
Comments: Provided for backward compatibility with SUSE documentation. Don’t use it in Novell Provo documentation.
A statement of legal obligations or requirements.
Parents: bookinfo
Children: formalpara, para, remark, simplelist, title
A hypertext link. Usually, link surrounds the text that should be made “hot” (unlike xref, which must generate the text).
Parents: citetitle, member, para, refentry, refnamediv, refpurpose, term
Children: command, envar, literal, emphasis, option, replaceable, remark, filename, indexterm, citetitle, quote, phrase
A wrapper for the elements of a list item.
Parents: itemizedlist, orderedlist, varlistentry
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, quote, remark, replaceable, screen, sect4, simplelist, table, tip, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref
Inline text that is a specific piece of data, taken literally from a computer system.
Parents: glossterm, member, para, refname, refpurpose, term, title
Children: replaceable
Comment: The inline equivalent of the screen element.
A displayed media object (video, audio, image, etc.)
Parents: figure, informalfigure
Children: imageobject, textobject
An element of a simple list.
Parents: simplelist
Children: citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, filename, indexterm, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, option, phrase, quote, remark, replaceable, ulink, xref
A selection or series of selections from a menu.
Parents: member, para, refname, refpurpose, term
Children: guimenu, shortcut
Explanatory material relating to a message in a message set. Contains a headword such as Source, Severity, Problem, Possible Cause, Explanation, or Action, followed by explanatory material.
Parents: msgentry
Children: bridgehead, calloutlist, example, figure, formalpara, glosslist, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, mediaobject, msgset, note, orderedlist, para, procedure, screen, simplelist, table, tip, title, variablelist, warning
A detailed set of messages, usually error messages.
Parents: appendix, callout, chapter, glossary, glossdiv, index, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, step
Children: msgentry, title.
The actual text of a message component in a message setA detailed set of messages, usually error messages.
Parents: bridgehead, citation, citetitle, command, emphasis, entry, filename, glossterm, hardware, keycap, literal, para, refentrytitle, refname, refpurpose, screen, secondary, see, seealso, term, tertiary, title, ulink, userinput.
Children: bridgehead, calloutlist, example, figure, formalpara, glosslist, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, mediaobject, msgset, note, orderedlist, para, procedure, screen, simplelist, table, tip, variablelist, warning.
A message set off from the text.
Parents: appendix, chapter, entry, listitem, msgexplan, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step
Children: title, para, remark, simplelist, itemizedlist, screen
An an optional argument to a software command.
Parents: link, member, para, term, ulink
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
A list in which each entry is marked with a sequentially incremented label, such as a numeral, letter, or other sequential symbol (for example, roman numerals).
Parents: appendix, chapter, entry, example, listitem, para, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step
Children: listitem
Comment: Usually a numbered list.
A paragraph.
Parents: abstract, appendix, callout, chapter, entry, example, formalpara, glossary, glossdef, important, legalnotice, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, note, orderedlist, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step, tip, warning
Children: citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, filename, indexterm, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, option, phrase, quote, remark, replaceable, ulink, xref
A division in a book.
Parents: book
Children: appendix, chapter, partintro, title
Introductory text, often an overview of the content of the Part.
Parents: part
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, quote, remark, replaceable, screen, sect1, simplelist, table, tip, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref
A span of text used as the content in a text object.
Parents: glossterm, link, member, para, refpurpose, term, textobject, title, ulink
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
Introductory matter preceding the first chapter of a book.
Parents: book
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, procedure, quote, remark, replaceable, sect1, screen, simplelist, table, tip, title, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref
The primary word or phrase under which an index term should be sorted.
Parents: indexterm
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
Encapsulates a task composed of steps.
Parents: appendix, chapter, preface, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, quote, remark, replaceable, screen, simplelist, step, table, tip, title, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref
The formal name of a product.
Parents: bookinfo
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements)
A number assigned to a product.
Parents: bookinfo
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
An inline quotation.
Parents: glossterm, member, para, term, ulink
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements)
The scope or other indication of applicability of a reference entry.
Parents: refnamediv
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements)
Comment: An NDK element.
A wrapper for any small unit of reference documentation describing a single topic. Canonical examples are programming language functions and user commands (one refentry per function or command).
Parents: appendix, chapter
Children: link, refmeta, refnamedive, refsect1, ulink, xref
Comment: An NDK element.
The title of a reference page.
Parents: refmeta
Children: refentrytitle
Comment: An NDK element.
Meta-information for a reference entry, including the title of the reference page, the number of the volume in which this reference page occurs, and possibly other miscellaneous information.
Parents: refentry
Children: refentrytitle
Comment: An NDK element.
The name of one of the subjects of a reference page.
Parents: refnamediv
Children: command, emphasis, envar, filename, keycap, keycombo, literal, menuchoice, option, replaceable
Comment: An NDK element.
The name, purpose, and classification of a reference page. Usually a section heading in the same typographic style as a refsect1 Title.
Parents: refentry
Children: link, refclass, refname, refpurpose, ulink, xref
Comment: An NDK element.
A short (one sentence) synopsis of the topic of a reference page.
Parents: refnamediv
Children: citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, filename, indexterm, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, option, phrase, quote, remark, replaceable, ulink, xref
Comment: An NDK element.
A major subsection of a reference entry.
Parents: refentry
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, procedure, quote, refsect2, remark, replaceable, screen, simplelist, table, tip, title, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref
Comment: An NDK element.
A subsection of a refsect1.
Parents: refsect1
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, procedure, quote, remark, refsect3, replaceable, screen, simplelist, table, tip, title, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref
Comment: An NDK element.
A subsection of a RefSect2.
Parents: refsect2
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, quote, procedure, remark, replaceable, screen, simplelist, table, title, tip, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref
Comment: An NDK element.
A remark (or comment) intended for presentation in a draft manuscript.
Parents: appendix, chapter, glossary, important, link, listitem, member, note, para, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step, term, tertiary, tip, title, ulink, warning
Children: command, envar, productname, literal, emphasis, option, replaceable, remark, filename, indexterm, citetitle, quote, phrase, systemitem, guimenu, subscript, superscript, trademark, keycombo, keycap, menuchoice, inlinemediaobject
Content that can or must be replaced by the user.
Parents: glossterm, link, literal, member, para, refname, refpurpose, title, ulink
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements)
A row in a table.
Parents: tbody, tfoot, thead
Children: entry
Text that a user sees or might see on a computer screen.
Parents: appendix, chapter, entry, example, important, listitem, note, orderedlist, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step, tip, warning
Children: co
Comment: The standalone equivalent of the literal element.
A secondary word or phrase in an index term.
Parents: indexterm
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
A top-level section of document. (Sometimes called a “first-level heading”)
Parents: appendix, chapter, partintro, preface
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, quote, procedure, refentry, remark, replaceable, screen, sect2, simplelist, table, tip, title, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref
A subsection within a sect1. (Sometimes called a “second-level heading”)
Parents: sect1
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, procedure, quote, remark, replaceable, screen, sect3, simplelist, table, tip, title, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref
A subsection within a Sect2. (Sometimes called a “third-level heading”)
Parents: sect2
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, procedure, quote, remark, replaceable, screen, sect4, simplelist, table, tip, title, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref
A subsection within a Sect3. Sometimes called a “fourth-level heading”
Parents: sect3
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, quote, remark, replaceable, screen, simplelist, table, tip, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref
Part of an index term directing the reader to another entry in the index.
Parents: indexterm
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
Part of an index term directing the reader also to another entry in the index.
Parents: indexterm
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
A key combination for an action that is also accessible through a menu.
Parents: menuchoice
Children: keycap, keycombo
A list, without bullets or numbers, made up of single words or short phrases.
Parents: appendix, chapter, entry, example, important, legalnotice, listitem, note, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step, tip, warning
Children: member
A wrapper for a simple entry in a message set.
Parents: msgset
Children: msgexplan, msgtext
Formatting information for a spanned column in a table.
Parents: tgroup
A unit of action in a procedure.
Parents: procedure
Children: callout, citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, example, figure, filename, formalpara, important, indexterm, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, note, option, orderedlist, para, phrase, procedure, quote, remark, replaceable, screen, sect4, simplelist, table, tip, ulink, variablelist, warning, xref.
A subscript (as in H2O).
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
A wrapper for steps that occur within steps in a procedure
Parents: step
Children: step
A superscript (as in x2).
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
A family name; in western cultures, the “last name.”
Parents: author
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements)
Comment: Provided for backward compatibility with SUSE documentation. Don’t use it in Novell Provo documentation.
A system-related item or term.
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements)
Comment: Provided for backward compatibility with SUSE documentation. Don’t use it in Novell Provo documentation, except on the term root in Linux documentation.
A table with a title.
Parents: appendix, chapter, listitem, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step
Children: tgroup, title
A wrapper for the rows of a table or informal table.
Parents: tgroup
Children: row
The word or phrase being defined or described in a variable list.
Parents: varlistentry
Children: citetitle, command, emphasis, envar, filename, indexterm, keycap, keycombo, link, literal, menuchoice, option, phrase, quote, remark, replaceable, ulink, xref
A tertiary word or phrase in an index term.
Parents: indexterm
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
A wrapper for a text description of an object and its associated meta-information.
Parents: informaltable, inlinemediaobject, mediaobject, screen, table
Children: phrase
Comment: Used to describe the contents of a graphic that doesn’t have a title. The description doesn’t appear in the text, but is voiced in a screen reader.
A wrapper for the main content of a table, or part of a table.
Parents: informaltable, table
Children: colspec, spanspec, tbody, tfoot, thead
A table header consisting of one or more rows.
Parents: tgroup
Children: colspec, row
A suggestion to the user, set off from the text.
Parents: appendix, chapter, entry, listitem, msgexplan, partintro, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, step
Children: title, para, remark, simplelist, itemizedlist, screen
The text of the title of a section of a document.
Parents: appendix, chapter, example, figure, formalpara, glossary, important, legalnotice, msgset, note, part, preface, procedure, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, sect1, sect2, sect3, table, tip, warning
Children: command, envar, literal, emphasis, option, replaceable, remark, filename, indexterm, citetitle, quote, phrase
The abbreviation of a title.
Parents: bookinfo
Children: command, envar, productname, literal, emphasis, option, replaceable, remark, filename, indexterm, citetitle, quote, phrase, systemitem, guimenu, subscript, superscript, trademark
A trademark.
Parents: envar, literal, emphasis, option, replaceable, remark, filename, indexterm, citetitle, quote, phrase.
Children: Contains only text (no inline elements).
Comment: Provided for compatibility with SUSE documentation. The Frame implementation of the DTD handles trademarks differently, so Novell Provo documentation doesn’t use this element.
A link that addresses its target by means of a URL.
Parents: citetitle, member, para, refentry, refnamediv, refpurpose, term
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A list in which each entry is composed of a set of one or more terms and an associated description.
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A wrapper for a set of terms and the associated description in a variable list.
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An admonition set off from the text.
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A cross-reference to another part of the document.
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