type

type — The classification of a value

Synopsis

Zero or more of:
- text
- replaceable
- Graphic inlines
  inlinemediaobject
- Indexing inlines
  indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)
- Linking inlines
  anchor
  
  biblioref
  
  link
  
  olink
  
  xref
- Ubiquitous inlines
  abbrev
  
  acronym
  
  alt
  
  anchor
  
  annotation
  
  biblioref
  
  coref
  
  date
  
  emphasis (db._emphasis)
  
  firstterm (db._firstterm)
  
  footnote
  
  footnoteref
  
  foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase)
  
  glossterm (db._glossterm)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)
  
  indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)
  
  inlinemediaobject
  
  link
  
  olink
  
  phrase (db._phrase)
  
  quote (db._quote)
  
  remark
  
  subscript
  
  superscript
  
  trademark
  
  wordasword
  
  xref

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

In general usage, type identifies one member of a class of values.

In documenting computer programs, it identifies specifically a “type,” as might be declared with typedef in the C programming language.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Parents

These elements contain type: bridgehead, caption (db.html.caption), citation, citetitle, classsynopsisinfo, code, emphasis (db.emphasis), entry, fieldsynopsis, firstterm (db.firstterm), funcdef, funcsynopsisinfo, glosssee, glossseealso, glossterm (db.glossterm), html:button, html:label, html:legend, link, literallayout, member, methodparam, methodsynopsis, olink, orgdiv, para, paramdef, phrase (db.phrase), primary, primaryie, programlisting, quote (db.quote), refdescriptor, refentrytitle, refname, refpurpose, remark, screen, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, seg, segtitle, simpara, subtitle, synopsis, td, term, termdef, tertiary, tertiaryie, th, title, titleabbrev, tocentry.

Children

The following elements occur in type: text, abbrev, acronym, alt, anchor, annotation, biblioref, coref, date, emphasis (db._emphasis), firstterm (db._firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), glossterm (db._glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), quote (db._quote), remark, replaceable, subscript, superscript, trademark, wordasword, xref.

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example type</title>

<para>The <function>geteuid</function> function returns a <type>uid_t</type> that
contains the user's <emphasis>effective</emphasis> user id.
</para>

</article>

The geteuid function returns a uid_t that contains the user's effective user id.


trademark		uri