Name
dedication — The dedication of a book or other component
Synopsis
dedication ::=
((((title? &
titleabbrev? & subtitle?),
info? db.titleforbidden.info) |
info? db.info), (annotation |
bridgehead | remark |
revhistory | Indexing inlines | Admonition elements | Formal elements | Graphic elements | Informal elements | List elements | Paragraph elements | Publishing elements | Synopsis elements | Technical elements | Verbatim elements)+)
Description
A dedication is a page or section, most often
at the very beginning of a book (before any other body matter),
containing a tribute to something (frequently someone) in connection
with the writing or publication of the book.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block. Frequently appears on a page by itself at the beginning of a book.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
- label
Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes
- status
Identifies the editorial or publication status of the element on which it occurs
Examples
<book xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>The Best XML Jokes</title>
<info>
<author><personname>
<firstname>A</firstname><surname>Nonymous</surname>
</personname></author>
</info>
<dedication>
<para>To my mother and father, for teaching me to laugh.
</para>
</dedication>
<chapter><title>Parsing Jokes</title>
<para>What did the lexer say to the angle bracket? …
</para>
</chapter>
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</book>