preface — Introductory matter preceding the first chapter of a book
preface ::=
addressanchorannotationbibliolistblockquotebridgeheadcalloutlistcautionclasssynopsiscmdsynopsisconstraintdefconstructorsynopsisdestructorsynopsisepigraphequationexamplefieldsynopsisfigureformalparafuncsynopsisglosslisthtml:formimportantindexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)informalequationinformalexampleinformalfigureinformaltable (db.cals.informaltable)informaltable (db.html.informaltable)itemizedlistliterallayoutmediaobjectmethodsynopsismsgsetnoteorderedlistparaprocedureproductionsetprogramlistingprogramlistingcoqandasetremarkrevhistoryscreenscreencoscreenshotsegmentedlistsidebarsimparasimplelistsynopsistable (db.cals.table)table (db.html.table)tasktipvariablelistwarningPreface is a preface or forward in a Book.  The
Preface element may appear more than once and should be
used for all introductory chapter-like material.  For example, a
Book might have both a Foreward and an
Introduction.  Both should be tagged as
Prefaces in DocBook.
Formatted as a displayed block.
Usually introduces a forced page break and often
starts on the next recto page. It is common for the page numbers
in prefaces to be displayed as roman numerals rather than arabic
numerals. Prefaces are usually listed in the Table
of Contents.
Common attributes and common linking attributes.
Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes
Identifies the editorial or publication status of the element on which it occurs
The following elements occur in preface: address, anchor, annotation, bibliography, bibliolist, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, caution, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, constraintdef, constructorsynopsis, destructorsynopsis, epigraph, equation, example, fieldsynopsis, figure, formalpara, funcsynopsis, glossary, glosslist, html:form, important, index, indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titlereq.info), informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable (db.cals.informaltable), informaltable (db.html.informaltable), itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, methodsynopsis, msgset, note, orderedlist, para, procedure, productionset, programlisting, programlistingco, qandaset, refentry, remark, revhistory, screen, screenco, screenshot, sect1, section, segmentedlist, sidebar, simpara, simplelist, simplesect, subtitle, synopsis, table (db.cals.table), table (db.html.table), task, tip, title, titleabbrev, toc, variablelist, warning.