Name
anchor — A spot in the document
Description
An anchor identifies a single spot in the content. This may serve
as the target for a cross-reference, for example, from a
link
. The anchor
element may occur
almost anywhere.
Processing expectations
An anchor
has no content and generally
produces no output. It is a link target.
See Also
link
, olink
, xref
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example anchor</title>
<para>The anchor element<anchor xml:id="example.anchor.1"/> is empty and contributes
nothing to the flow of the content in which it occurs. It is only useful
as a target.
</para>
</article>