DocBook: The Definitive Guide

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	By Norman Walsh & Leonard Muellner 1st Edition October 1999 1-56592-580-7, Order Number: 5807 652 pages, $36.95 , Includes CD-ROM

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Name

FirstTerm -- The first occurrence of a term

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

FirstTerm ::= ((#PCDATA|Acronym|Emphasis|Trademark|Link|OLink|ULink|Anchor|   Comment|Subscript|Superscript|InlineGraphic|InlineMediaObject|   IndexTerm)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name	Type	Default
Linkend	IDREF	None

Tag Minimization

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

Parameter Entities

`%gen.char.class;`	`%ndxterm.char.mix;`	`%para.char.mix;`
`%programlisting.content;`	`%refinline.char.mix;`	`%screen.content;`
`%tbl.entry.mdl;`	`%title.char.mix;`

Description

This element marks the first occurrence of a word or term in a given context.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline. FirstTerms are often given special typographic treatment, such as italics.

Parents

These elements contain FirstTerm: Application, Attribution, BiblioMisc, BridgeHead, Citation, CiteTitle, Comment, Emphasis, entry, ForeignPhrase, GlossSee, GlossSeeAlso, GlossTerm, LineAnnotation, Link, LiteralLayout, LoTentry, Member, MsgAud, OLink, Para, Phrase, Primary, PrimaryIE, ProductName, ProgramListing, Quote, RefEntryTitle, RefPurpose, Screen, ScreenInfo, Secondary, SecondaryIE, See, SeeAlso, SeeAlsoIE, SeeIE, Seg, SegTitle, SimPara, Subtitle, Synopsis, Term, Tertiary, TertiaryIE, Title, TitleAbbrev, ToCback, ToCentry, ToCfront, ULink.

Children

The following elements occur in FirstTerm: Acronym, Anchor, Comment, Emphasis, IndexTerm, InlineGraphic, InlineMediaObject, Link, OLink, Subscript, Superscript, Trademark, ULink.

In some contexts, the following elements are allowed anywhere: BeginPage, IndexTerm.

In some contexts, the following elements are excluded: Acronym, IndexTerm.

Attributes

Linkend: Linkend points to a related element, perhaps the Glossary definition of the term.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN"> <para> In an <firstterm>Object Oriented</firstterm> programming language, data and procedures (called <glossterm>methods</glossterm>) are bound together. </para>

In an Object Oriented programming language, data and procedures (called methods) are bound together.