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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Colophon

Name

Colophon -- Text at the back of a book describing facts about its production

Synopsis

Content Model

Colophon ::=
((Title,Subtitle?,TitleAbbrev?)?,
 (CalloutList|GlossList|ItemizedList|OrderedList|SegmentedList|
  SimpleList|VariableList|Caution|Important|Note|Tip|Warning|
  LiteralLayout|ProgramListing|ProgramListingCO|Screen|ScreenCO|
  ScreenShot|FormalPara|Para|SimPara|BlockQuote)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name	Type	Default
Status	CDATA	None

Tag Minimization

The start-tag is required for this element. The end-tag is optional, if your SGML declaration allows minimization.

Description

A Colophon, if present, almost always occurs at the very end of a book. It contains factual information about the book, especially about its production, and includes details about typographic style, the fonts used, the paper used, and perhaps the binding method of the book.

Font geeks like Norm think every book should have one.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Parents

These elements contain Colophon: Book.

Children

The following elements occur in Colophon: BlockQuote, CalloutList, Caution, FormalPara, GlossList, Important, ItemizedList, LiteralLayout, Note, OrderedList, Para, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, SegmentedList, SimPara, SimpleList, Subtitle, Tip, Title, TitleAbbrev, VariableList, Warning.

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

Attributes

Status

Status identifies the editorial or publication status of the Colophon.

Publication status might be used to control formatting (for example, printing a "draft" watermark on drafts) or processing (perhaps a document with a status of "final" should not include any components that are not final).

See Also

Appendix, Article, Book, Chapter, Dedication, Part, PartIntro, Preface, Set

Examples

<!DOCTYPE colophon PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">
<colophon>
<para>
Draft versions of this book were produced with the
DocBook DSSSL Stylesheets. Final production was
performed with Troff.
</para>
</colophon>

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