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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PartIntro

Name

PartIntro -- An introduction to the contents of a part

Synopsis

Content Model

PartIntro ::=
((Title,Subtitle?,TitleAbbrev?)?,
 (((CalloutList|GlossList|ItemizedList|OrderedList|SegmentedList|
    SimpleList|VariableList|Caution|Important|Note|Tip|Warning|
    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|MsgSet|Procedure|
    Sidebar|QandASet|Anchor|BridgeHead|Comment|Highlights|
    Abstract|AuthorBlurb|Epigraph|IndexTerm)+,
   (Sect1*|
    (RefEntry)*|
    SimpleSect*|Section*))|
  (Sect1+|
   (RefEntry)+|
   SimpleSect+|Section+)))

Attributes

Common attributes

Name	Type	Default
Label	CDATA	None

Tag Minimization

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

Description

PartIntro contains introductory text, often an overview of the content of the Part.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Sometimes suppressed.

PartIntro content is often printed on a part separator page.

Parents

These elements contain PartIntro: Part, Reference.

Children

The following elements occur in PartIntro: Abstract, Address, Anchor, AuthorBlurb, BlockQuote, BridgeHead, CalloutList, Caution, CmdSynopsis, Comment, Epigraph, Equation, Example, Figure, FormalPara, FuncSynopsis, GlossList, Graphic, GraphicCO, Highlights, Important, IndexTerm, InformalEquation, InformalExample, InformalFigure, InformalTable, ItemizedList, LiteralLayout, MediaObject, MediaObjectCO, MsgSet, Note, OrderedList, Para, Procedure, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, QandASet, RefEntry, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, Sect1, Section, SegmentedList, Sidebar, SimPara, SimpleList, SimpleSect, Subtitle, Synopsis, Table, Tip, Title, TitleAbbrev, VariableList, Warning.

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

Attributes

Label

Label specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes.

Generally, an explicit Label attribute is used only if the processing system is incapable of generating the label automatically. If present, the Label is normative; it will used even if the processing system is capable of automatic labelling.

See Also

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

Examples

For examples, see Part.

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