segmentedlist

segmentedlist — A segmented list, a list of sets of elements.

Synopsis

segmentedlist ::=

Attributes

Common attributes (ID required).

Additional attributes:

    Additional Constraints

    • If this element is the root element, it must have a version attribute.

    Description

    A segmentedlist consists of a set of headings (segtitles) and a list of parallel sets of elements. Every seglistitem contains a set of elements that have a one-to-one correspondence with the headings. Each of these elements is contained in a seg.

    Processing expectations

    Segmented lists can be formatted in a number of ways. Two popular formats are tabular and as a list of repeated headings and elements. In a tabular presentation, the segmentedlist is the table. In the list presentation, the segmentedlist surrounds the entire list of blocks of heading/element pairs.

    Specifying the output format for lists is not part of the normative definition of DocBook. However, the tabular and list formats are supported in the open source DocBook stylesheets using the list-presentation attribute on the <?dbhtml> and <?dbfo> processing instructions. The examples on this reference page show how to use these processing instructions.

    Attributes

    Common attributes (ID required).

    Parents [+]

    This element occurs in 74 elements.

    Children

    The following elements occur in segmentedlist: info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titleonly.info), seglistitem, segtitle, title, titleabbrev.

    Examples

      1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
      2 <title>Example segmentedlist</title>
        
      4 <para>The capitals of the states of the United States of America are:
        
      6 <segmentedlist><title>State Capitals</title>
        <?dbhtml list-presentation="list"?>
      8 <?dbfo   list-presentation="list"?>
        <segtitle>State</segtitle>
     10 <segtitle>Capital</segtitle>
        <seglistitem><seg>Alabama</seg><seg>Montgomery</seg></seglistitem>
     12 <seglistitem><seg>Alaska</seg><seg>Juneau</seg></seglistitem>
        <seglistitem><seg>Arkansas</seg><seg>Little Rock</seg></seglistitem>
     14 </segmentedlist>
        
     16     </para>
     18 
        </article>

    The capitals of the states of the United States of America are:

    State Capitals
    State: Alabama
    Capital: Montgomery
    State: Alaska
    Capital: Juneau
    State: Arkansas
    Capital: Little Rock

      1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
      2 <title>Example segmentedlist</title>
        
      4 <para><segmentedlist><title>State Capitals</title>
        <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
      6 <?dbfo   list-presentation="table"?>
        <segtitle>State</segtitle>
      8 <segtitle>Capital</segtitle>
        <seglistitem><seg>Alabama</seg><seg>Montgomery</seg></seglistitem>
     10 <seglistitem><seg>Alaska</seg><seg>Anchorage</seg></seglistitem>
        <seglistitem><seg>Arkansas</seg><seg>Little Rock</seg></seglistitem>
     12 </segmentedlist>
        
     14     </para>
     16 
        </article>

    State Capitals
    StateCapital
    AlabamaMontgomery
    AlaskaAnchorage
    ArkansasLittle Rock

    Last revised by Norman Walsh on 6 Jun 2011 (git hash: 6ffcc7640bbc5f852a318e452c9f210f03292cb9)