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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Answer

Name

Answer -- An answer to a question posed in a QandASet

Synopsis

Content Model

Answer ::=
(Label?,
 (CalloutList|GlossList|ItemizedList|OrderedList|SegmentedList|
  SimpleList|VariableList|LiteralLayout|ProgramListing|
  ProgramListingCO|Screen|ScreenCO|ScreenShot|Synopsis|
  CmdSynopsis|FuncSynopsis|FormalPara|Para|SimPara|Address|
  BlockQuote|Graphic|GraphicCO|MediaObject|MediaObjectCO|
  InformalEquation|InformalExample|InformalFigure|InformalTable|
  Equation|Example|Figure|Table|Procedure|Anchor|BridgeHead|
  Comment|Highlights|IndexTerm)*,
 QandAEntry*)

Attributes

Common attributes

Tag Minimization

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

Description

Within a QandAEntry, a Question may have an Answer. An Answer is optional (some questions have no answers) and may be repeated (some questions have more than one answer).

Processing expectations

Answers are frequently introduced with a label, such as "A:". Several attributes control the generation of the label text.

If the DefaultLabel attribute on the nearest ancestor QandASet is not Label, then the Label element on Answer is ignored. Otherwise, the content of the Label element is used as the label for the Answer.

Parents

These elements contain Answer: QandAEntry.

Children

The following elements occur in Answer: Address, Anchor, BlockQuote, BridgeHead, CalloutList, CmdSynopsis, Comment, Equation, Example, Figure, FormalPara, FuncSynopsis, GlossList, Graphic, GraphicCO, Highlights, IndexTerm, InformalEquation, InformalExample, InformalFigure, InformalTable, ItemizedList, Label, LiteralLayout, MediaObject, MediaObjectCO, OrderedList, Para, Procedure, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, QandAEntry, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, SegmentedList, SimPara, SimpleList, Synopsis, Table, VariableList.

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

In some contexts, the following elements are excluded: Equation, Example, Figure, IndexTerm, InformalTable, Table.

Examples

For examples, see QandASet.

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