phrase (db.phrase)
phrase — A span of text.
Synopsis
phrase (db.phrase) ::= ![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
- Zero or more of:
- text
- Bibliography inlines
- Error inlines
- Graphic inlines
- GUI inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Keyboard inlines
- Linking inlines
- Markup inlines
- Math inlines
- Object-oriented programming inlines
- Operating system inlines
- Product inlines
- Programming inlines
- Publishing inlines
abbrevacronymcorefdateemphasis(db.emphasis)firstterm(db._firstterm)firstterm(db.firstterm)footnotefootnoterefforeignphrase(db.foreignphrase)glossterm(db._glossterm)glossterm(db.glossterm)phrase(db.phrase)quote(db.quote)subscriptsuperscriptwordasword
- Technical inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
abbrevacronymaltanchorannotationbibliorefcorefdateemphasis(db._emphasis)firstterm(db._firstterm)footnotefootnoterefforeignphrase(db._foreignphrase)glossterm(db._glossterm)indexterm(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobjectlinkolinkphrase(db._phrase)quote(db._quote)remarksubscriptsuperscripttrademarkwordaswordxref
Description
The phrase element in DocBook has no specific
semantic. It is provided as a wrapper around a selection of words
smaller than a paragraph so that it is possible to provide an xml:id or other attributes for it.
For example, if you are making note of changes to a document using
one of the effectivity attributes, you might use
phrase to mark up specific sentences with
revisions.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline.
Parents ![[+]](figs/web/nav/right.gif)
This element occurs in 57 elements.
Children
This element contains 106 elements.
See Also
abbrev, acronym, emphasis, foreignphrase, phrase (db._phrase), quote, wordasword
Examples
1 <para xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>Effectivity attributes can 2 be used to keep track of modifications to a document <phrase revisionflag="deleted">at the word or sentence level</phrase> 4 <phrase revisionflag="added"> as long as the number and complexity of changes is not too high</phrase>. 6 </para>
Effectivity attributes can be used to keep track of modifications to a document at the word or sentence level as long as the number and complexity of changes is not too high.