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DocBook: The Definitive Guide

DocBook: The Definitive Guide

By Norman Walsh & Leonard Muellner
1st Edition October 1999
1-56592-580-7, Order Number: 5807
652 pages, $36.95 , Includes CD-ROM

Database

Name

Database -- The name of a database, or part of a database

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

Database ::=
((#PCDATA|Link|OLink|ULink|Action|Application|ClassName|Command|
  ComputerOutput|Database|Email|EnVar|ErrorCode|ErrorName|
  ErrorType|Filename|Function|GUIButton|GUIIcon|GUILabel|GUIMenu|
  GUIMenuItem|GUISubmenu|Hardware|Interface|InterfaceDefinition|
  KeyCap|KeyCode|KeyCombo|KeySym|Literal|Constant|Markup|
  MediaLabel|MenuChoice|MouseButton|MsgText|Option|Optional|
  Parameter|Prompt|Property|Replaceable|ReturnValue|SGMLTag|
  StructField|StructName|Symbol|SystemItem|Token|Type|UserInput|
  VarName|Anchor|Comment|Subscript|Superscript|InlineGraphic|
  InlineMediaObject|IndexTerm)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

Class

Enumeration:

Field
Key1
Key2
Name
Record
Table

None
MoreInfo

Enumeration:

None
RefEntry

"None"

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Parameter Entities

%cptr.char.mix;%ndxterm.char.mix;%para.char.mix;
%programlisting.content;%refinline.char.mix;%refname.char.mix;
%screen.content;%tbl.entry.mdl;%tech.char.class;
%title.char.mix;

Description

The name of a database, or part of a database.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline. The MoreInfo attribute can help generate a link or query to retrieve additional information.

(4.0) Future Changes

The content model of Database will be constrained to (#PCDATA | Replaceable | InlineGraphic) in DocBook V4.0.

Attributes

Class

Class allows the author to identify particular elements of a database.

MoreInfo

If MoreInfo is set to RefEntry, it implies that a RefEntry exists which further describes the Database.

See Also

Application, Filename, Hardware, MediaLabel, ProductName

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">
<para>
The <database>ProjectStatus</database> database has been updated.
Please note that <database class=field>Year</database> has been
extended to four digits.
</para>

The ProjectStatus database has been updated. Please note that Year has been extended to four digits.

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