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Abbrev

Name

Abbrev -- An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

Abbrev ::=
((#PCDATA|Acronym|Emphasis|Trademark|Link|OLink|ULink|Anchor|
  Comment|Subscript|Superscript|InlineGraphic|InlineMediaObject|
  IndexTerm)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Parameter Entities

%bibliocomponent.mix;%gen.char.class;%ndxterm.char.mix;
%para.char.mix;%programlisting.content;%refinline.char.mix;
%screen.content;%tbl.entry.mdl;%title.char.mix;

Description

An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Parents

These elements contain Abbrev: Application, ArtHeader, Attribution, BiblioEntry, BiblioMisc, BiblioMixed, BiblioMSet, BiblioSet, BookBiblio, BookInfo, BridgeHead, Citation, CiteTitle, Comment, DocInfo, Emphasis, entry, ForeignPhrase, GlossEntry, GlossSee, GlossSeeAlso, GlossTerm, LineAnnotation, Link, LiteralLayout, LoTentry, Member, MsgAud, ObjectInfo, OLink, Para, Phrase, Primary, PrimaryIE, ProductName, ProgramListing, Quote, RefEntryTitle, RefPurpose, RefSect1Info, RefSect2Info, RefSect3Info, RefSynopsisDivInfo, Screen, ScreenInfo, Secondary, SecondaryIE, Sect1Info, Sect2Info, Sect3Info, Sect4Info, Sect5Info, SectionInfo, See, SeeAlso, SeeAlsoIE, SeeIE, Seg, SegTitle, SeriesInfo, SetInfo, SimPara, Subtitle, Synopsis, Term, Tertiary, TertiaryIE, Title, TitleAbbrev, ToCback, ToCentry, ToCfront, ULink.

Children

The following elements occur in Abbrev: Acronym, Anchor, Comment, Emphasis, IndexTerm, InlineGraphic, InlineMediaObject, Link, OLink, Subscript, Superscript, Trademark, ULink.

In some contexts, the following elements are allowed anywhere: BeginPage, IndexTerm.

In some contexts, the following elements are excluded: Acronym, IndexTerm.

See Also

Acronym, Emphasis, ForeignPhrase, Phrase, Quote, WordAsWord

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN">
<para>
The <abbrev>Assn.</> of Computing Machinery would probably never
abbreviate &ldquo;Association&rdquo; like this.
</para>

The Assn. of Computing Machinery would probably never abbreviate "Association" like this.

For additional examples, see also Bibliography, BiblioSet, Footnote, Glossary.

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