Any element from any namespace except the DocBook namespace
Designates the computer or chip architecture to which the element applies
provides a standard place for application-specific effectivity
Indicates standards conformance characteristics of the element
Indicates the operating system to which the element is applicable
Indicates the editorial revision to which the element belongs
Indicates something about the security level associated with the element to which it applies
Indicates the level of user experience for which the element applies
Indicates the computer vendor to which the element applies.
Indicates the word size (width in bits) of the computer architecture to which the element applies
Points to an internal link target by identifying the value of its xml:id attribute
Points to one or more internal link targets by identifying the value of their xml:id attributes
Identifies a link target with a URI
simple
Identifies the element as an XLink simple link
Identifies the XLink role of the link
Identifies the XLink arcrole of the link
Identifies the XLink title of the link
new
replace
embed
other
Identifies the XLink show behavior of the link
onLoad
onRequest
other
none
Identifies the XLink actuate behavior of the link
Identifies the unique ID value of the element
Specifies the DocBook version of the element and its descendants
Specifies the natural language of the element and its descendants
Specifies the base URI of the element and its descendants
Provides the name or similar semantic identifier assigned to the content in some previous markup scheme
Provides the text that is to be generated for a cross reference to the element
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added
deleted
off
Identifies the revision status of the element
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restarts
numbered
unnumbered
preserve
compact
normal
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1
Indicates if the element is rendered across the column or the page
optional
required
center
char
justify
left
right
bottom
middle
top
doi
isbn
isrn
issn
libraryofcongress
pubnumber
uri
Identifies the kind of bibliographic identifier
Provides an identifier for elements with the class 'other'
other
The text of the title of a section of a document or of a formal block-level element
The abbreviation of a Title
The subtitle of a document
A wrapper for information about a component or other block
A wrapper for information about a component or other block with a required title
A wrapper for information about a component or other block with only a title
A wrapper for information about a component or other block with only a required title
A wrapper for information about a component or other block without a title
A set of terms describing the subject matter of a document
One of a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document
A term in a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document
A set of keywords describing the content of a document
One of a set of keywords describing the content of a document
A list of operations to be performed in a well-defined sequence
A unit of action in a procedure
Alternative steps in a procedure
A wrapper for steps that occur within steps in a procedure
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sidebar must not occur in the descendants of sidebar
A portion of a document that is isolated from the main narrative flow
A short description or note about a person
A quotation set off from the main text
The source of a block quote or epigraph
other
sect1
sect2
sect3
sect4
sect5
A free-floating heading
A remark (or comment) intended for presentation in a draft manuscript
A short inscription at the beginning of a document or component
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A footnote
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A paragraph
A paragraph that contains only text and inline markup, no block elements
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A note of caution
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An admonition set off from the text
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A message set off from the text
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A suggestion to the user, set off from the text
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warning must not occur in the descendants of warning
caution must not occur in the descendants of warning
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An admonition set off from the text
A list in which each entry is marked with a bullet or other dingbat
continues
restarts
ignore
inherit
arabic
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loweralpha
upperroman
lowerroman
A list in which each entry is marked with a sequentially incremented label
A wrapper for the elements of a list item
A segmented list, a list of sets of elements
The title of an element of a list item in a segmented list
The number of seg elements must be the same as the number of segtitle elements in the parent segmentedlist
A list item in a segmented list
An element of a list item in a segmented list
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inline
An undecorated list of single words or short phrases
An element of a simple list
A list in which each entry is composed of a set of one or more terms and an associated description
A wrapper for a set of terms and the associated description in a variable list
The word or phrase being defined or described in a variable list
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A formal example, with a title
A displayed example without a title
A literal listing of all or part of a program
monospaced
normal
A block of text in which line breaks and white space are to be reproduced faithfully
Text that a user sees or might see on a computer screen
A representation of what the user sees or might see on a computer screen
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A formal figure, generally an illustration, with a title
A displayed media object (video, audio, image, etc.)
An inline media object (video, audio, image, and so on)
A wrapper for video data and its associated meta-information
A wrapper for audio data and its associated meta-information
A wrapper for image data and its associated meta-information
A wrapper for a text description of an object and its associated meta-information
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1
Pointer to external video data
Pointer to external audio data
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1
Pointer to external image data
Pointer to external text data
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A caption
A general-purpose element for representing the syntax of commands or functions
A syntax summary for a software command
norepeat
repeat
opt
plain
req
An argument in a CmdSynopsis
A group of elements in a CmdSynopsis
An explicit line break in a command synopsis
A portion of a CmdSynopsis broken out from the main body of the synopsis
@linkend on synopfragmentref must point to a synopfragment.
A reference to a fragment of a command synopsis
The syntax summary for a function definition
Information supplementing the FuncDefs of a FuncSynopsis
The prototype of a function
A function (subroutine) name and its return type
An empty element in a function synopsis indicating that the function in question takes no arguments
An empty element in a function synopsis indicating a variable number of arguments
Information about a function parameter in a programming language
Parameters for a function referenced through a function pointer in a synopsis
class
interface
The syntax summary for a class definition
Information supplementing the contents of a ClassSynopsis
A class in an object-oriented programming language
An interface in an object-oriented programming language
An exception in an object-oriented programming language
The name of a field in a class definition
The initializer for a FieldSynopsis
A syntax summary for a constructor
A syntax summary for a destructor
A syntax summary for a method
A real-world address, generally a postal address
A street address in an address
A post office box in an address
A postal code in an address
The name of a city in an address
A state or province in an address
Uncategorized information in address
The institutional affiliation of an individual
A brief description of an affiliation
The title of an individual in an organization
consortium
corporation
informal
nonprofit
other
The name of an organization other than a corporation
A division of an organization
The page numbers of an article as published
The personal name of an individual
The name of an individual author
Wrapper for author information when a document has multiple authors or collabarators
Identifies a collaborator
The initials or other short identifier for an author
A wrapper for document meta-information about a conference
The dates of a conference for which a document was written
The title of a conference for which a document was written
An identifier, frequently numerical, associated with a conference for which a document was written
The sponsor of a conference for which a document was written
The contract number of a document
The sponsor of a contract
Copyright information about a document
The year of publication of a document
The name of the individual or organization that holds a copyright
The date of publication or revision of a document
The name or number of an edition of a document
The name of the editor of a document
An identifier for a document
A citation of a bibliographic identifier
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haspart
hasversion
isformatof
ispartof
isreferencedby
isreplacedby
isrequiredby
isversionof
othertype
references
replaces
requires
othertype
The relationship of a document to another
dcmipoint
iso3166
dcmibox
tgn
otherspatial
dcmiperiod
w3c-dtf
othertemporal
The spatial or temporal coverage of a document
A statement of legal obligations or requirements
copyeditor
graphicdesigner
other
productioneditor
technicaleditor
translator
A person or entity, other than an author or editor, credited in a document
The numbers of the pages in a book, for use in a bibliographic entry
A summary of the contributions made to a document by a credited source
The first name of a person
A family name; in western cultures the last name
The portion of a person's name indicating a relationship to ancestors
A component of a persons name that is not a first name, surname, or lineage
The printing history of a document
copyright
registered
service
trade
The formal name of a product
A number assigned to a product
The date of publication of a document
The publisher of a document
The name of the publisher of a document
Information about a particular release of a document
A history of the revisions to a document
An entry describing a single revision in the history of the revisions to a document
A document revision number
A description of a revision to a document
A extended description of a revision to a document
Numbers of the volumes in a series of books
The volume number of a document in a set (as of books in a set or articles in a journal)
The number of an issue of a journal
A graphical user interface (GUI) keyboard shortcut
hardware
software
The name of a software program
A software or application package
The name of a class, in the object-oriented programming sense
The name of an executable program or other software command
Data, generally text, displayed or presented by a computer
altkey
constraint
datatype
field
foreignkey
group
index
key1
key2
name
primarykey
procedure
record
rule
secondarykey
table
user
view
The name of a database, or part of a database
A software environment variable
The classification of an error message
devicefile
directory
extension
headerfile
libraryfile
partition
symlink
The name of a file
The name of a function or subroutine, as in a programming language
The text on a button in a GUI
Graphic and/or text appearing as a icon in a GUI
The text of a label in a GUI
The name of a menu in a GUI
The name of a terminal menu item in a GUI
The name of a submenu in a GUI
A physical part of a computer system
alt
backspace
command
control
delete
down
end
enter
escape
home
insert
left
meta
option
pagedown
pageup
right
shift
space
tab
up
other
The text printed on a key on a keyboard
The internal, frequently numeric, identifier for a key on a keyboard
click
double-click
press
seq
simul
other
A combination of input actions
The symbolic name of a key on a keyboard
A comment on a line in a verbatim listing
Inline text that is some literal value
limit
A programming or system constant
A string of formatting markup in text that is to be represented literally
A selection or series of selections from a menu
A key combination for an action that is also accessible through a menu
The conventional name of a mouse button
An option for a software command
A unit of data associated with some part of a computer system
command
function
option
A value or a symbolic reference to a value
A character or string indicating the start of an input field in a computer display
command
function
option
parameter
Content that may or must be replaced by the user
The value returned by a function
attribute
attvalue
element
emptytag
endtag
genentity
numcharref
paramentity
pi
sgmlcomment
starttag
xmlpi
A component of XML (or SGML) markup
limit
A name that is replaced by a value before processing
daemon
domainname
etheraddress
event
eventhandler
filesystem
fqdomainname
groupname
ipaddress
library
macro
netmask
newsgroup
osname
process
protocol
resource
server
service
systemname
username
A system-related item or term
A Uniform Resource Identifier
The classification of a value
An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period
An often pronounceable word made from the initial (or selected) letters of a name or phrase
An inline bibliographic reference to another published work
A citation to a reference page
The title of a reference page
A reference volume number
article
bbs
book
cdrom
chapter
dvd
emailmessage
gopher
journal
manuscript
newsposting
part
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section
series
set
webpage
wiki
The title of a cited work
A word or phrase in a language other than the primary language of the document
A subscript (as in H2O, the molecular formula for water)
A superscript (as in x^2, the mathematical notation for x multiplied by itself)
copyright
registered
service
trade
A trademark
A word meant specifically as a word and not representing anything else
@linkend on footnoteref must point to a footnote.
A cross reference to a footnote (a footnote mark)
A cross reference to another part of the document
A link that addresses its target indirectly
A text-only annotation, often used for accessibility
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annotation must not occur in the descendants of annotation
An annotation
extended
An XLink extended link
locator
An XLink locator in an extendedlink
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new
replace
embed
other
onLoad
onRequest
other
none
An XLink arc in an extendedlink
[^#]+
xml
text
An XInclude
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The root element must have a version attribute.
A collection of books
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A book
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A wrapper for the dedication section of a book
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
Text at the back of a book describing facts about its production
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
An appendix in a Book or Article
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A chapter, as of a book
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A division in a book
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
Introductory matter preceding the first chapter of a book
An introduction to the contents of a part
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A recursive section
A section of a document with no subdivisions
Acknowledgements in an Article
faq
journalarticle
productsheet
specification
techreport
whitepaper
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
An article
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A top-level section of document
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A subsection within a Sect1
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A subsection within a Sect2
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A subsection within a Sect3
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A subsection within a Sect4
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A collection of reference entries
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A reference page (originally a UNIX man-style reference page)
Meta-information for a reference entry
The name, purpose, and classification of a reference page
A description of the topic of a reference page
The name of (one of) the subject(s) of a reference page
A short (one sentence) synopsis of the topic of a reference page
The scope or other indication of applicability of a reference entry
A syntactic synopsis of the subject of the reference page
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A recursive section in a refentry
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A major subsection of a reference entry
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A subsection of a refsect1
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A subsection of a refsect2
A wrapper for a list of glossary entries
An entry in a Glossary or GlossList
A definition in a GlossEntry
@otherterm on glosssee must point to a glossentry.
A cross-reference from one GlossEntry to another
@otherterm on glossseealso must point to a glossentry.
A cross-reference from one GlossEntry to another
@linkend on firstterm must point to a glossentry.
The first occurrence of a term
@linkend on glossterm must point to a glossentry.
A glossary term
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A glossary
A termdef must contain a glossterm
An inline definition of a term
An entry in a Bibliography
An entry in a Bibliography
A raw container for related bibliographic information
A cooked container for related bibliographic information
Untyped bibliographic information
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A bibliography
A section of a Bibliography
A wrapper for a list of bibliography entries
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preferred
all
global
local
A set of index terms in the meta-information of a document
singular
A wrapper for an indexed term
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A wrapper for an indexed term that covers a range
endofrange
Identifies the end of a range associated with an indexed term
The primary word or phrase under which an index term should be sorted
A secondary word or phrase in an index term
A tertiary word or phrase in an index term
Part of an index term directing the reader instead to another entry in the index
Part of an index term directing the reader also to another entry in the index
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
An index to a book or part of a book
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
An index to a set of books
A primary term in an index entry, not in the text
A secondary term in an index entry, rather than in the text
A tertiary term in an index entry, rather than in the text
A See
entry in an index, rather than in the text
A See also
entry in an index, rather than in the text
The root element must have a version attribute.
The root element must have a version attribute.
A table of contents
A component title in a table of contents
The prerequisites for a task
Information related to a task
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linecolumn
linecolumnpair
linerange
other
A “called out” description of a marked Area
A program listing with associated areas used in callouts
A collection of regions in a graphic or code example
A region defined for a Callout in a graphic or code example
A set of related areas in a graphic or code example
A screen with associated areas used in callouts
A wrapper for an image object with callouts
The location of a callout embedded in text
A cross reference to a co
A set of EBNF productions
A production in a set of EBNF productions
The left-hand side of an EBNF production
The right-hand side of an EBNF production
A non-terminal in an EBNF production
A constraint in an EBNF production
A cross-reference to an EBNF production
The definition of a constraint in an EBNF production
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bottom
none
sides
top
topbot
Specifies how the table is to be framed
Specifies the presence or absence of the column separator
Specifies the presence or absence of the row separator
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port
Specifies the orientation of the table
Specifies the table style
firstcol
norowheader
Indicates whether or not the entries in the first column should be considered row headers
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char
justify
left
right
bottom
middle
top
A wrapper for the main content of a table, or part of a table
Specifications for a column in a table
Formatting information for a spanned column in a table
A table header consisting of one or more rows
A table footer consisting of one or more rows
A wrapper for the rows of a table or informal table
A subtable appearing in place of an Entry in a table
A table header consisting of one or more rows
A wrapper for the rows of a table or informal table
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1
Indicates if the short or long title should be used in a List of Tables
0
1
Indicates if the table should appear in a List of Tables
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A formal table in a document
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rtl
left
center
right
justify
char
top
middle
bottom
baseline
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above
below
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lhs
rhs
vsides
box
border
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groups
rows
cols
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A formal table in a document
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above
below
hsides
lhs
rhs
vsides
box
border
none
groups
rows
cols
all
A table without a title
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A caption
Specifications for a column in an HTML table
A group of columns in an HTML table
A table header consisting of one or more rows
A table footer consisting of one or more rows
A wrapper for the rows of a table or informal table
A table header entry in an HTML table
A table entry in an HTML table
A detailed set of messages, usually error messages
A wrapper for an entry in a message set
A wrapper for a simpler entry in a message set
A message in a message set
The primary component of a message in a message set
A subcomponent of a message in a message set
A related component of a message in a message set
The actual text of a message component in a message set
Information about a message in a message set
The level of importance or severity of a message in a message set
The origin of a message in a message set
The audience to which a message in a message set is relevant
Explanatory material relating to a message in a message set
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number
qanda
A question-and-answer set
A titled division in a QandASet
A question/answer set within a QandASet
An answer to a question posed in a QandASet
A label on a Question or Answer
A displayed mathematical equation
A displayed mathematical equation without a title
A mathematical equation or expression occurring inline
A mathematical phrase, an expression that can be represented with ordinary text and a small amount of markup
Any element from the MathML namespace
Any element from the SVG namespace