preface — Introductory matter preceding the first chapter of a book
preface ::=
address
anchor
annotation
bibliolist
blockquote
bridgehead
calloutlist
caution
classsynopsis
cmdsynopsis
constraintdef
constructorsynopsis
destructorsynopsis
epigraph
equation
example
fieldsynopsis
figure
formalpara
funcsynopsis
glosslist
html:form
important
indexterm
(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm
(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm
(db.indexterm.startofrange)informalequation
informalexample
informalfigure
informaltable
(db.cals.informaltable)informaltable
(db.html.informaltable)itemizedlist
literallayout
mediaobject
methodsynopsis
msgset
note
orderedlist
para
procedure
productionset
programlisting
programlistingco
qandaset
remark
revhistory
screen
screenco
screenshot
segmentedlist
sidebar
simpara
simplelist
synopsis
table
(db.cals.table)table
(db.html.table)task
tip
variablelist
warning
Preface
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
Preface
s 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. Preface
s 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
.