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Subscript

Subscript

Name

Subscript -- Subscript

Content Model

  ((#PCDATA | Link | OLink | ULink | Emphasis | Replaceable
  | Symbol | InlineGraphic | Anchor | Comment | Subscript
  | Superscript)+)
  -(IndexTerm | BeginPage)

Exclusions

Subscript excludes these elements at every level:

  IndexTerm | BeginPage

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Description

Subscript. It may contain basic in-line elements and Replaceable, and has common attributes.

Children

Subscript contains these elements: Anchor, Comment, Emphasis, InlineGraphic, Link, OLink, #PCDATA, Replaceable, Subscript, Superscript, Symbol, ULink.

In some contexts, some of these elements may be invalid due to exclusions in parent elements.

Examples

<PARA>Superscripts rise above the
letters they're attached to, as 2<SUPERSCRIPT>n</SUPERSCRIPT>,
while subscripts dangle below, as O<SUBSCRIPT>2</SUBSCRIPT> or,
more famously,
<LITERAL><SYMBOL>e</SYMBOL> = <SYMBOL>m</SYMBOL><SYMBOL>c</SYMBOL><SUPERSCRIPT>2
</SUPERSCRIPT></LITERAL>         
</PARA>