Classes group elements of a similar type, for example all the lists
are in the
If you want to add a new kind of something (a new kind of list or a new kind of verbatim environment, for example), you generally want to add the name of the new element to the appropriate class.
The following classes are defined in DocBook:
Elements which are admonitions.
Caution | Important | Note | Tip | Warning
Elements which are appendixes.
Appendix
Elements which are articles.
Article
Elements which are in the base character class. These elements are part of every character class.
Anchor
Elements which are books.
Book
Elements which are chapters.
Chapter
Elements which are compound objects (objects with internal structure).
MsgSet | Procedure | Sidebar
Elements which are descriptive in nature.
Abstract | AuthorBlurb | Epigraph
Elements which provide information about a document. (Not to be confused
with elements which are part of the DocInfo element.)
While
Author | AuthorInitials | CorpAuthor | ModeSpec | OtherCredit | ProductName | ProductNumber | RevHistory
Formal objects (objects with titles).
Equation | Example | Figure | Table
The class of general inline elements.
Abbrev | Acronym | Citation | CiteRefEntry | CiteTitle | Emphasis | FirstTerm | ForeignPhrase | GlossTerm | Footnote | Phrase | Quote | Trademark | WordAsWord
The general class of objects.
Anchor | BridgeHead | Comment | Highlights
Elements which are indexes.
Index | SetIndex
Elements which are informal objects.
Address | BlockQuote | Graphic | GraphicCO | InformalEquation | InformalExample | InformalTable
Elements which are inline objects.
InlineGraphic | InlineEquation
Elements which are "line specific". Spaces and line breaks are significant in line specific elements.
LiteralLayout | ProgramListing | ProgramListingCO | Screen | ScreenCO | ScreenShot
Elements which are hyperlinks.
Link | OLink | ULink
Elements which are lists.
CalloutList | GlossList | ItemizedList | OrderedList | SegmentedList | SimpleList | VariableList
Elements which provide navigational information about a document (tables of contents, indexes, etc.).
ToC | LoT | Index | Glossary | Bibliography
Elements which are index terms.
IndexTerm
The notations defined by DocBookk.
BMP | CGM-CHAR | CGM-BINARY | CGM-CLEAR | DITROFF | DVI | EPS | EQN | FAX | GIF | GIF87a | GIF89a | IGES | PCX | PIC | PS | SGML | TBL | TEX | TIFF | WMF | WPG | linespecific
The other character classes (inline elements which don't obviously fall into one of the other classes).
Comment | Subscript | Superscript
DocInfo | Sect1Info | Sect2Info | Sect3Info | Sect4Info | Sect5Info | RefSect1Info | RefSect2Info | RefSect3Info | Refsect2Info
FormalPara | Para | SimPara
RefEntry
Synopsis | CmdSynopsis | FuncSynopsis
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
FootnoteRef | XRef
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