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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

InterfaceDefinition

Name

InterfaceDefinition -- The name of a formal specification of a GUI

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

InterfaceDefinition ::=
((#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

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

An InterfaceDefinition was intended to hold the name of the specification for a graphical user interface. Exactly what this meant has never been clear.

Processing expectations

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

(4.0) Future Changes

The InterfaceDefinition element will be discarded in DocBook V4.0.

Attributes

MoreInfo

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

See Also

ClassName, Interface, Property, StructField, StructName, Symbol, Token, Type

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