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

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AuthorBlurb

Name

AuthorBlurb -- A short description or note about an author

Synopsis

Content Model

AuthorBlurb ::=
(Title?,
 (FormalPara|Para|SimPara)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Tag Minimization

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

Parameter Entities

%bibliocomponent.mix;	%bookcomponent.content;	%component.mix;
%descobj.class;	%divcomponent.mix;	%person.ident.mix;
%refcomponent.mix;

Description

A short description of an author.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Sometimes suppressed.

 Future Changes

In DocBook V4.0, AuthorBlurb will be removed from some of the places in which it now occurs. Instead of appearing inside Author, for example, a new wrapper element will be created to hold Author, AuthorBlurb, and Affiliation.

Parents

These elements contain AuthorBlurb: Address, Appendix, ArtHeader, Article, Author, BiblioDiv, BiblioEntry, Bibliography, BiblioMixed, BiblioMSet, BiblioSet, BlockQuote, BookBiblio, BookInfo, Callout, Chapter, DocInfo, Editor, Glossary, GlossDiv, Index, ListItem, MsgExplan, MsgText, ObjectInfo, OtherCredit, PartIntro, Preface, Procedure, RefSect1, RefSect1Info, RefSect2, RefSect2Info, RefSect3, RefSect3Info, RefSynopsisDiv, RefSynopsisDivInfo, Sect1, Sect1Info, Sect2, Sect2Info, Sect3, Sect3Info, Sect4, Sect4Info, Sect5, Sect5Info, Section, SectionInfo, SeriesInfo, SetIndex, SetInfo, SimpleSect, Step.

Children

The following elements occur in AuthorBlurb: FormalPara, Para, SimPara, Title.

In some contexts, the following elements are allowed anywhere: BeginPage, IndexTerm.

See Also

Author, AuthorGroup, Collab, CollabName, Contrib, CorpAuthor, Editor, OtherCredit

Examples

For examples, see AuthorGroup.

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