colophon

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$Date: 2002/06/12 11:18:06 $

colophon — Text at the back of a book describing facts about its production

Synopsis

Content Model

colophon ::=
((title,subtitle?,titleabbrev?)?,
 (calloutlist|glosslist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|segmentedlist|
  simplelist|variablelist|caution|important|note|tip|warning|
  literallayout|programlisting|programlistingco|screen|screenco|
  screenshot|formalpara|para|simpara|blockquote)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

statusCDATANone

DocBook NG “Bourbon” Content Model

colophon ::=

DocBook NG “Bourbon” Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes: (Required attributes, if any, are bold)

  • label
  • status

DocBook NG “Bourbon” Additional Constraints

  • The root element must have a version attribute.

Description

A Colophon, if present, almost always occurs at the very end of a book. It contains factual information about the book, especially about its production, and includes details about typographic style, the fonts used, the paper used, and perhaps the binding method of the book.

Font geeks like Norm think every book should have one.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Parents

These elements contain colophon: book.

Attributes

status

Status identifies the editorial or publication status of the Colophon.

Publication status might be used to control formatting (for example, printing a “draft” watermark on drafts) or processing (perhaps a document with a status of “final” should not include any components that are not final).

See Also

appendix, article, book, chapter, dedication, part, partintro, preface, set.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE colophon PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<colophon>
<para>
Draft versions of this book were produced with the
DocBook DSSSL Stylesheets. Final production was
performed with Troff.
</para>
</colophon>