preface — Introductory matter preceding the first chapter of a book
preface ::=
((((title
&
titleabbrev
? & subtitle
?),
info
? db.titleforbidden.info) |
info
db.titlereq.info),
((bibliography
| glossary
|
index
| toc
)*,
(((annotation
| bridgehead
|
remark
| revhistory
| Indexing inlines | Admonition elements | Formal elements | Graphic elements | Informal elements | List elements | Paragraph elements | Publishing elements | Synopsis elements | Technical elements | Verbatim elements)+,
((section
+, simplesect
*) |
simplesect
+ | (sect1
+,
simplesect
*) | refentry
+)?) |
(section
+, simplesect
*) |
simplesect
+ | (sect1
+,
simplesect
*) | refentry
+),
(bibliography
| glossary
| index
|
toc
)*))
A preface
is a preface or a foreword 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 Foreword 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. The 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