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(#PCDATA | FootnoteRef | XRef | Abbrev | Acronym | Citation | CiteRefEntry | CiteTitle | Emphasis | FirstTerm | ForeignPhrase | GlossTerm | Footnote | Phrase | Quote | Trademark | WordAsWord | Link | OLink | ULink | Action | Application | ClassName | Command | ComputerOutput | Database | Email | EnVar | ErrorCode | ErrorName | ErrorType | Filename | Function | GUIButton | GUIIcon | GUILabel | GUIMenu | GUIMenuItem | GUISubmenu | Hardware | Interface | InterfaceDefinition | KeyCap | KeyCode | KeyCombo | KeySym | Literal | Markup | MediaLabel | MenuChoice | MouseButton | MsgText | Option | Optional | Parameter | Prompt | Property | Replaceable | ReturnValue | SGMLTag | StructField | StructName | Symbol | SystemItem | Token | Type | UserInput | Anchor | Author | AuthorInitials | CorpAuthor | ModeSpec | OtherCredit | ProductName | ProductNumber | RevHistory | Comment | Subscript | Superscript | InlineGraphic | InlineEquation | Synopsis | CmdSynopsis | FuncSynopsis | CalloutList | GlossList | ItemizedList | OrderedList | SegmentedList | SimpleList | VariableList | Caution | Important | Note | Tip | Warning | LiteralLayout | ProgramListing | ProgramListingCO | Screen | ScreenCO | ScreenShot | Address | BlockQuote | Graphic | GraphicCO | InformalEquation | InformalExample | InformalTable | Equation | Example | Figure | Table)+
Description
Para is simply a paragraph. A Para may not have a Title: to attach a Title to a Para use FormalPara. Para may contain any in-line element and almost any block-oriented element. Abstract, AuthorBlurb, Caution, Important, Note, and Warning are excluded, as are Sects and higher-level elements. Para has common attributes. See also FormalPara and SimPara.
Parents
These elements contain Para: Abstract, Appendix, Article, AuthorBlurb, BiblioDiv, Bibliography, BlockQuote, Callout, Caution, Chapter, Dedication, Epigraph, Example, Footnote, FormalPara, GlossDef, GlossDiv, Glossary, Highlights, Important, Index, IndexDiv, InformalExample, LegalNotice, ListItem, MsgExplan, MsgText, Note, PartIntro, Preface, PrintHistory, Procedure, RefSect1, RefSect2, RefSect3, RefSynopsisDiv, Sect1, Sect2, Sect3, Sect4, Sect5, SetIndex, Sidebar, SimpleSect, Step, Tip, Warning, entry.
Children
Para contains these elements: Abbrev, Acronym, Action, Address, Anchor, Application, Author, AuthorInitials, BlockQuote, CalloutList, Caution, Citation, CiteRefEntry, CiteTitle, ClassName, CmdSynopsis, Command, Comment, ComputerOutput, CorpAuthor, Database, Email, Emphasis, EnVar, Equation, ErrorCode, ErrorName, ErrorType, Example, Figure, Filename, FirstTerm, Footnote, FootnoteRef, ForeignPhrase, FuncSynopsis, Function, GUIButton, GUIIcon, GUILabel, GUIMenu, GUIMenuItem, GUISubmenu, GlossList, GlossTerm, Graphic, GraphicCO, Hardware, Important, InformalEquation, InformalExample, InformalTable, InlineEquation, InlineGraphic, Interface, InterfaceDefinition, ItemizedList, KeyCap, KeyCode, KeyCombo, KeySym, Link, Literal, LiteralLayout, Markup, MediaLabel, MenuChoice, ModeSpec, MouseButton, MsgText, Note, OLink, Option, Optional, OrderedList, OtherCredit, #PCDATA, Parameter, Phrase, ProductName, ProductNumber, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, Prompt, Property, Quote, Replaceable, ReturnValue, RevHistory, SGMLTag, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, SegmentedList, SimpleList, StructField, StructName, Subscript, Superscript, Symbol, Synopsis, SystemItem, Table, Tip, Token, Trademark, Type, ULink, UserInput, VariableList, Warning, WordAsWord, XRef.
In some contexts, additional elements may be allowed by inclusions in parent elements. Similarly, in some contexts, some of these elements may be invalid due to exclusions in parent elements.
Examples
<CHAPTER LABEL="II"> <TITLE>A Chapter Devoted to Hierarchy</TITLE> <TITLEABBREV>Hierarchy</TITLEABBREV> <TOCCHAP> <TOCENTRY>Hierarchy</TOCENTRY> <TOCLEVEL1> <TOCENTRY>Lonely at the Top</TOCENTRY> </TOCLEVEL1> <TOCLEVEL1> <TOCENTRY>A Gravid Section</TOCENTRY> </TOCLEVEL1> </TOCCHAP> <EPIGRAPH> <ATTRIBUTION>Benjamin Franklin</ATTRIBUTION> <PARA>In going on with these experiments, how many pretty systems do we build, which we soon find ourselves obliged to destroy?</PARA> </EPIGRAPH> <HIGHLIGHTS> <SIMPLELIST> <MEMBER>Best of the Top</MEMBER> <MEMBER>Best of the Middle</MEMBER> <MEMBER>Best of the Bottom</MEMBER> </SIMPLELIST> </HIGHLIGHTS> <SECT1 <TITLE>Lonely at the Top</TITLE> <FORMALPARA> <TITLE>A Formal Paragraph</TITLE> <PARA>A short paragraph, but a formal one.</PARA> </FORMALPARA> <SIMPLESECT> <TITLE>Don't Delve Deeper</TITLE> <PARA>SimpleSects can't contain other Sects. </PARA> </SIMPLESECT> </SECT1> <SECT1> <TITLE>A Gravid Section</TITLE> <PARA>A short paragraph.</PARA> <SECT2> <TITLE>Under the Forest Canopy</TITLE> <GLOSSARY> <GLOSSENTRY> <GLOSSTERM>fum </GLOSSTERM> <GLOSSDEF><PARA>Syllable following "fee, fie, fo"</PARA> </GLOSSDEF> </GLOSSENTRY> </GLOSSARY> <SIMPARA>A short, simple paragraph that can't contain blocklike objects.</SIMPARA> <BRIDGEHEAD RENDERAS="sect4">Down to Brass Tacks</BRIDGEHEAD> <PARA>A short paragraph.</PARA> <BRIDGEHEAD RENDERAS="sect4">Brass Tacks and Brass Tasks</BRIDGEHEAD> <PARA>A short paragraph.</PARA> <SECT3> <TITLE>Delving Deeper</TITLE> <PARA>A short paragraph.</PARA> <SECT4> <TITLE>We Like Short Sections</TITLE> <PARA>A short paragraph.</PARA> <SIDEBAR> <TITLE>Feeling Out of the Flow?</TITLE> <PARA>That's because you're in a Sidebar.</PARA> </SIDEBAR> <SECT5 RENDERAS="sect4"> <TITLE>Some Writers are Compulsive</TITLE> <PARA>A short paragraph.</PARA> </SECT5> </SECT4> </SECT3> </SECT2> </SECT1> <BIBLIOGRAPHY> <BIBLIOENTRY> <BOOKBIBLIO> <TITLE>Recursive Tooth Exercises </TITLE> <AUTHORGROUP> <CORPAUTHOR>The Incisor Group </CORPAUTHOR> </AUTHORGROUP> </BOOKBIBLIO> </BIBLIOENTRY> </BIBLIOGRAPHY> <INDEX></INDEX> </CHAPTER>