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abbrev An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period abstract A document summary accel A GUI keyboard shortcut ackno Acknowledgements in an Article acronym A (usually pronounceable) contraction of initials, usually printed in all caps or small caps action A function invoked in response to a user event address A real-world (e.g. postal) address affiliation Someone's institutional affiliation alt Text used instead of, or to describe, an image anchor Marks a target for a Link answer An answer to a question in a qandaset appendix Found at the end of a book or article appendixinfo [4.0] Meta-data for an Appendix application The name of a software program area A region identified for a callout in a graphic or code example areaset a set of related areas areaspec a collection of regions in a graphic or code example arg Argument in a CmdSynopsis artheader Metainformation for an Article; 4.0: replaced by articleinfo article An article (e.g. in a journal) articleinfo [4.0] Meta-data for an Article articleinfo [4.0] replaces articleheader artpagenums Page numbers of an Article as published attribution Identifies where a block quote or epigraph came from audiodata Link to external audio data audioobject Wrapper for audiodata author Author of a document authorblurb Short description of author authorgroup Wrapper for author information authorinitials Indicates the author of a Revision or Comment beginpage A page break in a print version of a work bibliodiv A section of a Bibliography biblioentry An entry in a Bibliography bibliography A bibliography bibliographyinfo [4.0] Meta-data for a Bibliography bibliomisc Untyped information in a bibliography bibliomixed A bibliography entry bibliomset A group of related bibliographic information biblioset A container for related bibliographic information blockquote A quotation set off from the main text book A book bookbiblio Information about a book for a bibliographical citation bookbiblio [4.0] Meta-information about a book used in a bibliographical citation bookinfo Meta-information for a Book bridgehead A free-floating heading not tied to the Sect hierarchy callout a separate (called out) description of a marked area calloutlist a list of callouts caption A caption caution An admonition set off from the text chapter A part of a Book chapterinfo [4.0] Meta-data for a Chapter citation Any in-line bibliographic reference to another published work citerefentry A citation of a reference entry citetitle A citation for some published work city Part of Address classname The name of an object-oriented programming class classsynopsis [4.0] The syntax summary for a class definition classsynopsisinfo [4.0] Information supplementing the content of a ClassSynopsis cmdsynopsis Synopsis for a Command co The location of a callout embedded in text collab A collaborative group of authors collabname Name of a collaborative group of authors colophon Description of how a book was produced, usually at the end colspec Formatting specification for a column in a table command An executable program, or the entry a user makes to execute a command comment Notes for printing in drafts of a manuscript; 4.0: replaced by remark computeroutput Data presented to the user by a computer confdates Dates of a conference for which a document was written confgroup A wrapper for information about a conference confnum The number of a conference confsponsor Sponsor of a conference for which a document was written conftitle Title of a conference for which a document was written constant A programming or system constant constructorsynopsis [4.0] The syntax summary for a constructor definition contractnum Contract number for a document contractsponsor Sponsor of a contract copyright Copyright information about a document corpauthor Corporate author of a book, as opposed to an individual corpname Name of a corporation country Part of Address database The name of a database, or part of a database date Date of publication or revision dedication Wrapper for the dedication section in a book destructorsynopsis [4.0] The syntax summary for a destructor definition docinfo Meta-information for a book component; obsolete in 4.0, replaced by *info edition The name or number of an edition of a document editor The editor of a document an electronic mail address emphasis Emphasized text entry A single cell in a table entrytbl A table that can appear instead of an entry in a table envar An environment variable, e.g. $PATH epigraph A brief section of poetry or prose at the start of a chapter equation A titled mathematical equation displayed on a line by itself, rather than in-line errorcode An error code, e.g. given with some error messages errorname The text of an error message errortype A classification of an error message example A formal example with title, often contains a program listing exceptionname [4.0] The name of an exception fax A fax number fieldsynopsis [4.0] The syntax summary for a field definition figure An illustration, generally with a title filename The name of a file firstname Someone's first (given, not family) name; see also surname. firstterm First occurrence of a rod or term in a given context footnote The contents of a footnote footnoteref Location for a footnote mark, which is generated foreignphrase A word or phrase from a language other than that of the document formalpara A paragraph with a Title funcdef A function or subroutine's name and return type funcparams Parameters to a function; subroutine arguments. funcprototype The prototype (type signature) of a function or subroutine funcsynopsis How a function is to be used or called funcsynopsisinfo Information supplementing the FuncDefs of a FuncSynopsis function The name of a function of subroutine glossary A glossary of terms and definitions. glossaryinfo [4.0] Meta-data for a Glossary glossdef The definition attached to a glossterm in a glossentry glossdiv A division of a glossary glossentry An entry in a glossary or glosslist glosslist A wrapper for a group of glossentry elements glosssee A cross-reference from one glossentry to another glossseealso A cross-reference from one glossdef to another glossentry glossterm A term defined in a glossary, either where it's used in running text, or at its definition insde a glossary or glosslist graphic An imaeg, that can be helpd in an external file, and is displayed by itself, not in running text. See also mediaobject. graphicco A graphic with callout areas group A group of constituent parts of a CmdSynopsis guiblabel Text of a label in a graphical user interface guibutton The text on a button in a graphical user interface guiicon Graphic/text used as an icon in a graphical user interface guimenu The name of a menu in a user interface guimenuitem Text of a menu item that doesn't have a sub-menu guisubmenu Name of a submenu in a graphical user interface hardware A physical part of a computer system highlights A list of main points discussed holder A holder of copyright honorific A person's title, such as Dr. or Mrs. imagedata Points to external image data imageobject Contains imagedata and associated meta-information imageobjectco an imageobject with a callout. important An admonition set off from the text like a warning index An index, e.g. to a chapter or book indexdiv A division of an Index indexentry A single entry in an index indexinfo [4.0] Meta-data for an Index indexterm Marks text that's to be placed in the index. informalequation An untitled mathematical equation displayed on a line by itself, rather than in-line informalexample A displayed (block) example without a title informalfigure An untitled figure displayed as a block informaltable A table that has no title initializer [4.0] The text of an expression that initializes part of a ClassSynopsis inlineequation An untitled mathematical equation that's part of running text inlinegraphic An image to be rendered as part of running text. EMPTY in DocBook 4, and gone in DocBook 5 (use mediaobject or inlinemediaobject) inlinemediaobject An inline image, video, audio clip etc. interface Any part of a graphical user interface interfacedefinition The name of a GUI specification; discarded in DocBook 4 interfacedefinition [4.0] The name of a formal specification of a GUI interfacename [4.0] The name of an interface invpartnumber An inventory part number isbn International Standard Book Number of a document issn International Standard Serial Number of a journal or periodical issuenum The number of an issue of a journal itemizedlist An unnumbered (bullet) list, like HTML's UL itermset A set of index terms inside document meta-information. jobtitle The title of a person within an organization keycap The text printed on a physical key on a computer keyboard keycode Theinternal code sent by a key when pressed, often numeric keycombo A sequence of keycap, keycombo, keysym and mousebutton elements. keysym The symbolic name of a key, such as META_LEFT keyword Freely chosen words and phrases used for searching; see also subjectterm keywordset container for keyword elements legalnotice A warranty, license, legal obligation, etc., displayed as a block lineage Part of an author's name, such as “Jr” lineannotation A comment on a line of program code link A hypertext link listitem A wrapper for the elements of items in a list; like HTML's LI literal A literal computer text string, used in-line literallayout Block in which line breaks and leading white space are to be regarded as significant, similar to HTML's PRE lot List of Tables, figures, etc. lotentry An element of LoT manvolnum A volumne number in documentation, e.g. a Unix man page markup formatting markup in text to be represented literally, e.g. XML element names medialabel The physical medium on which some information is contained mediaobject A displayed (block) image, video, audio clip, etc. mediaobjectco A media object with a callout member Part of a SimpleList menuchoice A complete menu selection, e.g. containing multiple guimenuitems and keysyms. methodname [4.0] The name of a method methodparam [4.0] A parameter to a method methodsynopsis [4.0] The syntax summary for a method definition modespec Contains application-specific information necessary for the completion of an OLink modifier [4.0] A modifier mousebutton The name of a mousebutton (e.g. left) msg The part of a MsgEntry containing the actual message and its subparts, along with explanatory text msgaud The audience to which a msg is relevant msgentry A wrapper for an entry in a MsgSet msgexplan Explanatory material for a msg in a msgset element msginfo Information about the Msg containing it msglevel The level of importance or severity of a Msg msgmain The main error or other message of a Msg msgorig The origin of a Msg msgrel A message related to the main message (MsgMain) but which appears in a different place msgset A list of error or other messages, with related information msgsub An optional subpart of a Msg msgtext Text of a message, to be used only within a msgset element. note A message set off from the text objectinfo meta-information for an object olink An indirect link using an entity option An option for a computer program command optional To show that a parameter is optional in a synopsis orderedlist A numbered or lettered list of listitems (like HTML's OL) orgdiv Part of an organization orgname A non-corporate organization otheraddr Extra information in an address othercredit Supplements Author and Editor; you could use it to credit a contributor, a contributing editor, or some deserving production person othername An alternative to Firstname and Surname, for use in Author, Editor, or Other Credit pagenums Page numbers cited in a bibliography para A paragraph (like HTML P) paramdef Defines a parameter to a function parameter A value or a reference to a value that's passed as an argument part A section of a Book containing book components partinfo [4.0] Meta-data for a Part partintro Introduction to the contents of a part; may also appear in Reference phone telephone number phrase a span of text pob Post Office Box in an Address postcode A postal code in an Address preface Any introductory matter in a Book prefaceinfo [4.0] Meta-data for a Preface primary A word or phrase in the text that an index term should be sorted under primaryie A primary entry in an Index, not in the text printhistory The printing history of a document procedure A list of operations to be performed productname Formal name for any product productnumber A number assigned to a product programlisting A literal listing of a program programlistingco a programlisting with callouts prompt A string indicating the computer is ready and longing for input property A defined set of data associated with a window or other resource pubdate The date of publication of a document publisher The publisher of a document publishername The name of a publisher of a document pubsnumber A number assigned to a publication, other than an ISBN or ISSN or InvPartNumber qandadiv A titled division in a qandaset qandaentry a question and answer in a qandaset qandaset a set of questions with answers question a question in a qandaset quote An in-line quotation refclass An element of RefNameDiv, showing the applicability or scope of the topic of a RefEntry refdescriptor The topic of a reference page refentry A reference page, like a Unix man page refentryinfo [4.0] Meta-data for a RefEntry refentrytitle Primary name given to a reference page for sorting and indexing reference A collection of RefEntries referenceinfo [4.0] Meta-data for a Reference refmeta Meta-information for a reference entry refmiscinfo Extra information in RefMeta, such as copyright, revision date, etc. refname The subject or subjects of a reference page refnamediv The second major division of a reference page (name, purpose, classification) refpurpose A short phrase describing the subject of the reference page refsect1 Equivalent to a Sect1 in the DocBook DTD refsect1info Metadata for refsect1 refsect2 Equivalent to a Sect2 in the DocBook DTD, and may occur within RefSect1 or RefSynopsisDiv refsect2info Metadata for refsect2 refsect3 Subdivision of RefSect2 refsect3info Metadata for refsect2 refsynopsisdiv The third major division of a reference page, giving the syntax of the pages' subject refsynopsisdivinfo metadata for refsynopsis releaseinfo Information about a particular version of a document remark [4.0] A remark intended for presentation in a draft manuscript remark [4.0] replaces comment replaceable Part of a synopsis or command line whose contents are to be replaced by the user returnvalue A value returned by a function revdescription [4.0] A long description in a Revision revhistory Revision history revision a single revision in a revision history revnumber Document revision number revremark An element of Revision, describing the Revision row A row in a TBody, THead, or TFoot in a table sbr A line break in a command synopsis scereninfo Metadata about how a screenshot was made screen Text showing what the user sees or might see on a computer screen screenco A screen with callout areas screeninfo Part of ScreenShot screenshot a graphical screenshot secondary A second-level index entry secondaryie Part of IndexEntry, see PrimaryIE sect1 A top-level section of a document sect1info Metadata for sect1 sect2 A section beginning with a second-level heading sect2info Metadata for sect2 sect3 within a sect2 sect3info Metadata for sect3 sect4 within a sect3 sect4info Metadata for sect4 sect5 within a sect4 sect5info Metadata for sect5 section Like a sect2 but can contain a section, so recursive sectioninfo Metadata for a section see Blind entry in an index term (see XXX instead) seealso cross reference in an index entry seealsoie A see also entry in an index, not in the text seeie A see entry in an index, not in the text seg A component of a SegmentedList seglistitem A list item in a SegmentedList segmentedlist A list of sets of units segtitle A title that pertains to one Seg in each SegListItem seriesinfo For a book that's part of a series seriesinfo [4.0] Information about the publication series of which a book is a part seriesvolnums The numbers of volumes in a Series, in SeriesInfo set Two or more Books setindex Index to a Set setindexinfo [4.0] Meta-data for a SetIndex setinfo Metainformation for a Set sgmltag An element tag in SGML or XML shortaffil Brief version of an Affiliation shortcut A keyboard shortcut for a menu item sidebar Portion of a document that is separated from the flow of the main text, usually boxed and floating sidebarinfo [4.0] Meta-data for a Sidebar simpara A paragraph that is only a text block, without included block-oriented elements simplelist An undecorated list of short words or phrases (like HTML's LI COMPACT) simplemsgentry [4.0] A simpler MsgSet entry simplesect A section of a document with no subdivisions spanspec Formatting information for a spanned column in a TGroup in a table state State or Province in an Address step Part of a Procedure street Part of Address structfield A field in a structure (like a Pascal record or C struct) structname The name of a Structure subject Contains one ore more subjectterm elements (q.v.) subjectset A set of subjects describing the document subjectterm A word or phrase from a controlled vocabulary (see Chapter 23) subscript A subscript (like HTML 's SUB) substeps A wrapper for Steps within Steps subtitle Subtitle of a document superscript A superscript, like HTML's SUP surname A family or last name symbol A name that is replaced by a value before processing synopfragment Part of CmdSynopsis synopfragmentref Part of a CmdSynopsis synopsis The syntax of a command or function systemitem Any system-related item table A table, with title and one or more tgroups tbody Wrapper for the Rows of a Table or InformalTable term The phrase being defined in a variable list tertiary A third-level index item tertiaryie Like tertiary but in an index entry rather than in running text textobject contains a textual description of a media object and any associated metadata tfoot optional part of TGroup for footers at the bottom of each page of a table tgroup The main part of a table thead Running headers at the top of a table on every page tip A suggestion to the user, set off from the text title The text of a heading or the title of a block-oriented element titleabbrev An optional, abbreviated version of any Title toc A Table of Contents tocback Entry for back matter in a ToC tocchap Table of contents entry for a chapter or other component tocentry The title of a component as shown in a table of contents tocfront Table of contents entry for front matter components toclevel1 Top-level entry in a toc for a chapter, etc. toclevel2 Level 2 toc entry toclevel3 Level 3 toc entry toclevel4 Level 4 toc entry toclevel5 Level 5 toc entry tocpart A table of contents entry in a toc for a part token A unit of information in the context of lexical analysis trademark A trademark type Indicates the classification of a value ulink A link containing a URL (like HTML's A) userinput Data entered by the user varargs An empty element in a FuncSynopsis, for functions with a variable number of arguments variablelist An optionally titled list of VarListEntries (a bit like HTML's DL) varlistentry A component of VariableList varname The name of a variable videodata Points to external video data videoobject Contains videodata and associated metadata void An empty element in a function synopsis, showing that a function takes no arguments volumenum The number of a Book in relation to Set, or of a journal, when Book is used to represent a journal by containing Articles warning An admonition set off from the text wordasword A word (or letter or number) used not to represent the thing or idea it usually represents, but merely as the word itself xref Cross reference link to another part of the document year Year of publication, for use in Copyright