Reference for the DocBook DTD

by Eve Maler and Terry Allen

Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute the DocBook DTD and its accompanying documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted in perpetutity, provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph appear in all copies.

The copyright holders make no representation about the suitability of this DTD for any purpose. It is provided “as is” without expressed or implied warranty. If you modify the DocBook DTD in any way, except for declaring and referencing additional general entities and declaring additional notations, identify your DTD as a variant of DocBook.

Please direct all questions, bug reports, or suggestions for changes to the davenport@online.ora.com mailing list or to one of the maintainers:

Terry Allen
Fujitsu Software Corporation
3055 Orchard Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
tallen@fsc.fujitsu.com

Eve Maler
ArborText, Inc.
105 Lexington St.
Burlington, MA 01803
elm@arbortext.com

. See http://www.ora.com/davenport/ or ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/davenport/ for more information.

Table of Contents
Preface
Obtaining DocBook from the Davenport Archive
Using and Modifying This Guide
Sending Comments
Acknowledgments
1. DocBook DTD Version 3.0 Reference
Common Attributes
Role Attribute
Abbrev
Abstract
Accel
Ackno
Acronym
Action
Address
Affiliation
Alt
Anchor
Appendix
Application
Area
AreaSet
AreaSpec
Arg
ArtHeader
Article
ArtPageNums
Attribution
Author
AuthorBlurb
AuthorGroup
AuthorInitials
BeginPage
BiblioDiv
BiblioEntry
Bibliography
BiblioMisc
BiblioMSet
BiblioMixed
BiblioSet
BlockQuote
Book
BookBiblio
BookInfo
BridgeHead
Callout
CalloutList
Caution
Chapter
Citation
CiteRefEntry
CiteTitle
City
ClassName
CmdSynopsis
CO
Collab
CollabName
colspec
Command
Comment
ComputerOutput
ConfDates
ConfGroup
ConfNum
ConfSponsor
ConfTitle
ContractNum
ContractSponsor
Contrib
Copyright
CorpAuthor
CorpName
Country
Database
Date
Dedication
DocInfo
Edition
Editor
Email
Emphasis
entry
entrytbl
EnVar
Epigraph
Equation
ErrorCode
ErrorName
ErrorType
Example
Fax
Figure
Filename
FirstName
FirstTerm
Footnote
FootnoteRef
ForeignPhrase
FormalPara
FuncDef
FuncParams
FuncPrototype
FuncSynopsisInfo
FuncSynopsis
Function
Glossary
GlossDef
GlossDiv
GlossEntry
GlossList
GlossSeeAlso
GlossSee
GlossTerm
Graphic
GraphicCO
Group
GUIButton
GUIIcon
GUILabel
GUIMenu
GUIMenuItem
GUISubmenu
Hardware
Highlights
Holder
Honorific
Important
Index
IndexDiv
IndexEntry
IndexTerm
InformalEquation
InformalExample
InformalTable
InlineEquation
InlineGraphic
Interface
InterfaceDefinition
InvPartNumber
ISBN
ISSN
IssueNum
ItemizedList
ITermSet
JobTitle
KeyCap
KeyCode
KeyCombo
KeySym
KeywordSet
Keyword
LegalNotice
Lineage
LineAnnotation
Link
ListItem
Literal
LiteralLayout
LoT
LoTentry
ManVolNum
Markup
MediaLabel
Member
MenuChoice
ModeSpec
MouseButton
Msg
MsgAud
MsgEntry
MsgExplan
MsgInfo
MsgLevel
MsgMain
MsgOrig
MsgRel
MsgSet
MsgSub
MsgText
Note
OLink
Option
Optional
OrderedList
OrgDiv
OrgName
OtherAddr
OtherCredit
OtherName
PageNums
Para
ParamDef
Parameter
Part
PartIntro
Phone
Phrase
POB
Postcode
Preface
Primary
PrimaryIE
PrintHistory
Procedure
ProductName
ProductNumber
ProgramListingCO
ProgramListing
Prompt
Property
PubDate
Publisher
PublisherName
PubsNumber
Quote
RefClass
RefDescriptor
RefEntryTitle
RefEntry
Reference
RefMeta
RefMiscInfo
RefName
RefNameDiv
RefPurpose
RefSect1Info
RefSect2Info
RefSect3Info
RefSect1
RefSect2
RefSect3
RefSynopsisDivInfo
RefSynopsisDiv
ReleaseInfo
Replaceable
ReturnValue
RevHistory
Revision
RevNumber
RevRemark
row
SBR
Screen
ScreenCO
ScreenInfo
ScreenShot
SecondaryIE
Secondary
Sect1
Sect1Info
Sect2
Sect2Info
Sect3
Sect3Info
Sect4
Sect4Info
Sect5
Sect5Info
See
SeeAlso
SeeAlsoIE
SeeIE
Seg
SegListItem
SegmentedList
SegTitle
SeriesInfo
SeriesVolNums
Set
SetIndex
SetInfo
SGMLTag
ShortAffil
Shortcut
Sidebar
SimPara
SimpleList
SimpleSect
spanspec
State
Step
Street
StructField
StructName
Subject
SubjectSet
SubjectTerm
Subscript
SubSteps
Subtitle
Superscript
Surname
Symbol
SynopFragment
SynopFragmentRef
Synopsis
SystemItem
Table
tbody
Term
TertiaryIE
Tertiary
tfoot
tgroup
thead
Tip
Title
TitleAbbrev
ToC
ToCback
ToCchap
ToCentry
ToCfront
ToClevel1
ToClevel2
ToClevel3
ToClevel4
ToClevel5
ToCpart
Token
Trademark
Type
ULink
UserInput
VarArgs
VariableList
VarListEntry
Void
VolumeNum
Warning
WordAsWord
XRef
Year
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admon.mix
appendix.class
arch.attrib
article.class
base.char.class
bibliocomponent.mix
bodyatt
book.class
bookcomponent.content
bookcomponent.title.content
chapter.class
common.attrib
compound.class
component.mix
conformance.attrib
cptr.char.mix
descobj.class
divcomponent.mix
div.title.content
docinfo.char.class
docinfo.char.mix
effectivity.attrib
equation.content
example.mix
figure.mix
footnote.mix
formal.class
formalobject.title.content
gen.char.class
genobj.class
glossdef.mix
graphics.attrib
highlights.mix
id.attrib
idreq.attrib
idreq.common.attrib
index.class
indexdivcomponent.mix
informal.class
inlineobj.char.class
inlineequation.content
keyaction.attrib
label.attrib
lang.attrib
legalnotice.mix
linespecific.attrib
linkend.attrib
linkendreq.attrib
linkends.attrib
linkendsreq.attrib
link.char.class
linespecific.class
list.class
mark.attrib
moreinfo.attrib
nav.class
ndxterm.char.mix
ndxterm.class
no.attval
notation.class
os.attrib
other.char.class
otherinfo.class
pagenum.attrib
para.char.mix
para.class
para.mix
partcontent.mix
person.ident.mix
programlisting.content
refclass.char.mix
refinline.char.mix
refname.char.mix
refentry.class
refcomponent.mix
refsect.title.content
remap.attrib
revision.attrib
revisionflag.attrib
screen.content
sect.title.content
setinfo.char.mix
sidebar.mix
smallcptr.char.mix
status.attrib
synop.class
tabentry.mix
tech.char.class
title.char.mix
ubiq.mix
userlevel.attrib
vendor.attrib
width.attrib
word.char.mix
xreflabel.attrib
xref.char.class
yesorno
yes.attval
yesorno.attvals

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