Dedication

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Dedication

Name

Dedication -- Section prefatory to main text of a Book that contains a tribute to something in connection with the Book.

Content Model

  (Title, TitleAbbrev?)?,
  (CalloutList | GlossList | ItemizedList | OrderedList
  | SegmentedList | SimpleList | VariableList | Caution
  | Important | Note | Tip | Warning | LiteralLayout
  | ProgramListing | ProgramListingCO | Screen | ScreenCO
  | ScreenShot | FormalPara | Para | SimPara
  | BlockQuote)+

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Name	Value(s)	Type	Default Value
Status	CDATA	#IMPLIED

Tag Minimization

The start-tag is required for this element. The end-tag is optional, if your SGML declaration allows minimization.

Description

Dedication is a section prefatory to the main text of a Book that contains a tribute to something (frequently someone) in connection with the composition or publication of the Book. It may begin with a Title and TitleAbbrev, and may be composed of lists, paragraphs, admonitions, BlockQuotes, and LiteralLayouts. It has Status and common attributes. Status imay be uses to hold a string indicating the editorial or publication status of the Dedication.

Parents

Dedication occurs in Book.

Children

Dedication contains these elements: BlockQuote, CalloutList, Caution, FormalPara, GlossList, Important, ItemizedList, LiteralLayout, Note, OrderedList, Para, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, SegmentedList, SimPara, SimpleList, Tip, Title, TitleAbbrev, VariableList, Warning.

In some contexts, additional elements may be allowed by inclusions in parent elements.

Attributes

Status: Editorial or publication status ofthe element it applies to, such as "in review" or "approved for distribution." There is no default.

Examples

<DEDICATION>
<TITLE>Optional Title</TITLE>
<PARA>To my cat Fluffy:</PARA>
<ITEMIZEDLIST>
<LISTITEM><PARA>Who always took care of me</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
<LISTITEM><PARA>Who left pawprints on my scanner</PARA>
</LISTITEM>
</ITEMIZEDLIST>
</DEDICATION>

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