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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FirstTerm

Name

FirstTerm -- The first occurrence of a term

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

FirstTerm ::=
((#PCDATA|Acronym|Emphasis|Trademark|Link|OLink|ULink|Anchor|
  Comment|Subscript|Superscript|InlineGraphic|InlineMediaObject|
  IndexTerm)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name	Type	Default
Linkend	IDREF	None

Tag Minimization

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

Parameter Entities

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

Description

This element marks the first occurrence of a word or term in a given context.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline. FirstTerms are often given special typographic treatment, such as italics.

Parents

These elements contain FirstTerm: Application, Attribution, BiblioMisc, BridgeHead, Citation, CiteTitle, Comment, Emphasis, entry, ForeignPhrase, GlossSee, GlossSeeAlso, GlossTerm, LineAnnotation, Link, LiteralLayout, LoTentry, Member, MsgAud, OLink, Para, Phrase, Primary, PrimaryIE, ProductName, ProgramListing, Quote, RefEntryTitle, RefPurpose, Screen, ScreenInfo, Secondary, SecondaryIE, See, SeeAlso, SeeAlsoIE, SeeIE, Seg, SegTitle, SimPara, Subtitle, Synopsis, Term, Tertiary, TertiaryIE, Title, TitleAbbrev, ToCback, ToCentry, ToCfront, ULink.

Children

The following elements occur in FirstTerm: Acronym, Anchor, Comment, Emphasis, IndexTerm, InlineGraphic, InlineMediaObject, Link, OLink, Subscript, Superscript, Trademark, ULink.

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

In some contexts, the following elements are excluded: Acronym, IndexTerm.

Attributes

Linkend

Linkend points to a related element, perhaps the Glossary definition of the term.

See Also

GlossTerm

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">
<para>
In an <firstterm>Object Oriented</firstterm> programming language,
data and procedures (called <glossterm>methods</glossterm>) are
bound together.
</para>

In an Object Oriented programming language, data and procedures (called methods) are bound together.

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