*:* Any element from almost any namespace Any attribute, including any attribute in any namespace.
Designates the computer or chip architecture to which the element applies Designates the intended audience to which the element applies, for example, system administrators, programmers, or new users. provides a standard place for application-specific effectivity Many DocBook users observed that in order to add an effectivity condition that was unique to their environment required abusing the semantics of one of the existing attributes, or adding their own, making their customization an extension rather than a subset. Thecondition attribute is a general-purpose effectivity attribute with no specified semantics. Thecondition attribute provides a standard place for application-specific effectivity. Indicates standards conformance characteristics of the element These characteristics are application-specific; DocBook provides no default semantics. Indicates the operating system to which the element is applicable Indicates the editorial revision to which the element belongs Indicates something about the security level associated with the element to which it applies Indicates the level of user experience for which the element applies Indicates the computer vendor to which the element applies. Indicates the word size (width in bits) of the computer architecture to which the element applies Points to the element whose content is to be used as the text of the link Points to an internal link target by identifying the value of its xml:id attribute Points to one or more internal link targets by identifying the value of their xml:id attributes Identifies a link target with a URI Identifies the XLink link type simple An XLink simple link Identifies the XLink role of the link DocBook uses the XLink role value http://docbook.org/xlink/role/olink to identify linking elements with OLink semantics. That means the part of xlink:href before the number sign (#) is to be interpreted as equivalent to the olink targetdoc attribute value, and the part after the number sign as the olink targetptr attribute value. Identifies the XLink arcrole of the link Identifies the XLink title of the link new An application traversing to the ending resource should load it in a new window, frame, pane, or other relevant presentation context. replace An application traversing to the ending resource should load the resource in the same window, frame, pane, or other relevant presentation context in which the starting resource was loaded. embed An application traversing to the ending resource should load its presentation in place of the presentation of the starting resource. other The behavior of an application traversing to the ending resource is unconstrained by XLink. The application should look for other markup present in the link to determine the appropriate behavior. none The behavior of an application traversing to the ending resource is unconstrained by this specification. No other markup is present to help the application determine the appropriate behavior. Identifies the XLink show behavior of the link onLoad An application should traverse to the ending resource immediately on loading the starting resource. onRequest An application should traverse from the starting resource to the ending resource only on a post-loading event triggered for the purpose of traversal. other The behavior of an application traversing to the ending resource is unconstrained by this specification. The application should look for other markup present in the link to determine the appropriate behavior. none The behavior of an application traversing to the ending resource is unconstrained by this specification. No other markup is present to help the application determine the appropriate behavior. Identifies the XLink actuate behavior of the link Identifies the unique ID value of the element Specifies the DocBook version of the element and its descendants Specifies the natural language of the element and its descendants Specifies the base URI of the element and its descendants Provides the name or similar semantic identifier assigned to the content in some previous markup scheme Provides the text that is to be generated for a cross reference to the element Specifies a keyword or keywords identifying additional style information changed The element has been changed. added The element is new (has been added to the document). deleted The element has been deleted. off Explicitly turns off revision markup for this element. Identifies the revision status of the element ltr Left-to-right text rtl Right-to-left text lro Left-to-right override rlo Right-to-left override Identifies the direction of text in an element Specifies the format of the data Indentifies the location of the data by URI Identifies the location of the data by external identifier (entity name) continues Line numbering continues from the immediately preceding element with the same name. restarts Line numbering restarts (begins at 1, usually). Determines whether line numbering continues from the previous element or restarts. numbered Lines are numbered. unnumbered Lines are not numbered. Determines whether lines are numbered. Specifies the initial line number. Identifies the language (i.e. programming language) of the verbatim content. Can be used to indicate explicitly that whitespace in the verbatim environment is preserved. Whitespace must always be preserved in verbatim environments whether this attribute is specified or not. preserve Whitespace must be preserved. Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes Specifies the width (in characters) of the element compact The spacing should be "compact". normal The spacing should be "normal". Specifies (a hint about) the spacing of the content 0 The element should be rendered in the current text flow (with the flow column width). 1 The element should be rendered across the full text page. Indicates if the element is rendered across the column or the page Identifies the language (i.e. programming language) of the content. optional The content describes an optional step or steps. required The content describes a required step or steps. Specifies if the content is required or optional. Specifies style information to be used when rendering the float Specifies the width of the element Specifies the depth of the element Specifies the width of the content rectangle Specifies the depth of the content rectangle 0 False (do not scale-to-fit; anamorphic scaling may occur) 1 True (scale-to-fit; anamorphic scaling is forbidden) Specifies the scaling factor center Centered horizontally char Aligned horizontally on the specified character justify Fully justified (left and right margins or edges) left Left aligned right Right aligned bottom Aligned on the bottom of the region middle Centered vertically top Aligned on the top of the region doi A digital object identifier. isbn An international standard book number. isrn An international standard technical report number (ISO 10444). issn An international standard serial number. libraryofcongress A Library of Congress reference number. pubsnumber A publication number (an internal number or possibly organizational standard). uri A Uniform Resource Identifier Identifies the kind of bibliographic identifier Identifies the nature of the non-standard bibliographic identifier Identifies the kind of bibliographic identifier other Indicates that the identifier is some 'other' kind.
title The text of the title of a section of a document or of a formal block-level element
titleabbrev The abbreviation of a title
subtitle The subtitle of a document
info A wrapper for information about a component or other block
info A wrapper for information about a component or other block with a required title
info A wrapper for information about a component or other block with only a title
info A wrapper for information about a component or other block with only a required title
info A wrapper for information about a component or other block without a title
subjectset A set of terms describing the subject matter of a document Identifies the controlled vocabulary used by this set's terms
subject One of a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document Specifies a ranking for this subject relative to other subjects in the same set
subjectterm A term in a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document
keywordset A set of keywords describing the content of a document
keyword One of a set of keywords describing the content of a document
procedure A list of operations to be performed in a well-defined sequence
step A unit of action in a procedure
stepalternatives Alternative steps in a procedure
substeps A wrapper for steps that occur within steps in a procedure
sidebar A portion of a document that is isolated from the main narrative flow
abstract A summary
personblurb A short description or note about a person
blockquote A quotation set off from the main text
attribution The source of a block quote or epigraph
bridgehead A free-floating heading sect1 Render as a first-level section sect2 Render as a second-level section sect3 Render as a third-level section sect4 Render as a fourth-level section sect5 Render as a fifth-level section Indicates how the bridge head should be rendered Identifies the nature of the non-standard rendering Indicates how the bridge head should be rendered other Identifies a non-standard rendering
remark A remark (or comment) intended for presentation in a draft manuscript
epigraph A short inscription at the beginning of a document or component
footnote A footnote Identifies the desired footnote mark
formalpara A paragraph with a title
para A paragraph
simpara A paragraph that contains only text and inline markup, no block elements
itemizedlist A list in which each entry is marked with a bullet or other dingbat Identifies the type of mark to be used on items in this list
orderedlist A list in which each entry is marked with a sequentially incremented label continues Specifies that numbering should begin where the preceding list left off restarts Specifies that numbering should begin again at 1 Indicates how list numbering should begin relative to the immediately preceding list Specifies the initial line number. ignore Specifies that numbering should ignore list nesting inherit Specifies that numbering should inherit from outer-level lists Indicates whether or not item numbering should be influenced by list nesting arabic Specifies Arabic numeration (1, 2, 3, …) upperalpha Specifies upper-case alphabetic numeration (A, B, C, …) loweralpha Specifies lower-case alphabetic numeration (a, b, c, …) upperroman Specifies upper-case Roman numeration (I, II, III, …) lowerroman Specifies lower-case Roman numeration (i, ii, iii …) Indicates the desired numeration
listitem A wrapper for the elements of a list item Specifies the keyword for the type of mark that should be used on this item, instead of the mark that would be used by default
segmentedlist A segmented list, a list of sets of elements
segtitle The title of an element of a list item in a segmented list
seglistitem A list item in a segmented list The number of seg elements must be the same as the number of segtitle elements in the parent segmentedlist
seg An element of a list item in a segmented list
simplelist An undecorated list of single words or short phrases horiz A tabular presentation in row-major order. vert A tabular presentation in column-major order. inline An inline presentation, usually a comma-delimited list. Specifies the type of list presentation. Specifies the number of columns for horizontal or vertical presentation
member An element of a simple list
variablelist A list in which each entry is composed of a set of one or more terms and an associated description Indicates a length beyond which the presentation system may consider a term too long and select an alternate presentation for that term, item, or list
varlistentry A wrapper for a set of terms and the associated description in a variable list
term The word or phrase being defined or described in a variable list
example A formal example, with a title
informalexample A displayed example without a title
literallayout A block of text in which line breaks and white space are to be reproduced faithfully monospaced The literal layout should be formatted with a monospaced font normal The literal layout should be formatted with the current font Specifies the class of literal layout
screen Text that a user sees or might see on a computer screen
screenshot A representation of what the user sees or might see on a computer screen
figure A formal figure, generally an illustration, with a title
informalfigure A untitled figure
mediaobject A displayed media object (video, audio, image, etc.)
inlinemediaobject An inline media object (video, audio, image, and so on)
videoobject A wrapper for video data and its associated meta-information
audioobject A wrapper for audio data and its associated meta-information
imageobject A wrapper for image data and its associated meta-information
textobject A wrapper for a text description of an object and its associated meta-information
videodata Pointer to external video data Specifies the (horizontal) alignment of the video data Specifies the vertical alignment of the video data Determines if anamorphic scaling is forbidden
audiodata Pointer to external audio data
imagedata Pointer to external image data Specifies the (horizontal) alignment of the image data Specifies the vertical alignment of the image data Determines if anamorphic scaling is forbidden
textdata Pointer to external text data Identifies the encoding of the text in the external file
caption A caption
address A real-world address, generally a postal address
street A street address in an address
pob A post office box in an address
postcode A postal code in an address
city The name of a city in an address
state A state or province in an address
country The name of a country
phone A telephone number
fax A fax number
otheraddr Uncategorized information in address
affiliation The institutional affiliation of an individual
shortaffil A brief description of an affiliation
jobtitle The title of an individual in an organization
orgname The name of an organization consortium A consortium corporation A corporation informal An informal organization nonprofit A non-profit organization Specifies the nature of the organization Specifies the nature of the organization other Indicates a non-standard organization class Identifies the non-standard nature of the organization
orgdiv A division of an organization
artpagenums The page numbers of an article as published
personname The personal name of an individual
author The name of an individual author
authorgroup Wrapper for author information when a document has multiple authors or collaborators
collab Identifies a collaborator
authorinitials The initials or other short identifier for an author
person A person and associated metadata
org An organization and associated metadata
confgroup A wrapper for document meta-information about a conference
confdates The dates of a conference for which a document was written
conftitle The title of a conference for which a document was written
confnum An identifier, frequently numerical, associated with a conference for which a document was written
confsponsor The sponsor of a conference for which a document was written
contractnum The contract number of a document
contractsponsor The sponsor of a contract
copyright Copyright information about a document
year The year of publication of a document
holder The name of the individual or organization that holds a copyright
cover Additional content for the cover of a publication
date The date of publication or revision of a document
edition The name or number of an edition of a document
editor The name of the editor of a document
biblioid An identifier for a document
citebiblioid A citation of a bibliographic identifier
bibliosource The source of a document
bibliorelation The relationship of a document to another hasformat The described resource pre-existed the referenced resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format haspart The described resource includes the referenced resource either physically or logically hasversion The described resource has a version, edition, or adaptation, namely, the referenced resource isformatof The described resource is the same intellectual content of the referenced resource, but presented in another format ispartof The described resource is a physical or logical part of the referenced resource isreferencedby The described resource is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the referenced resource isreplacedby The described resource is supplanted, displaced, or superceded by the referenced resource isrequiredby The described resource is required by the referenced resource, either physically or logically isversionof The described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation of the referenced resource; changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format references The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the referenced resource replaces The described resource supplants, displaces, or supersedes the referenced resource requires The described resource requires the referenced resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence of content Identifies the type of relationship Identifies the type of relationship othertype The described resource has a non-standard relationship with the referenced resource A keyword that identififes the type of the non-standard relationship
bibliocoverage The spatial or temporal coverage of a document dcmipoint The DCMI Point identifies a point in space using its geographic coordinates iso3166 ISO 3166 Codes for the representation of names of countries dcmibox The DCMI Box identifies a region of space using its geographic limits tgn The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Specifies the type of spatial coverage Specifies the type of spatial coverage otherspatial Identifies a non-standard type of coverage A keyword that identifies the type of non-standard coverage dcmiperiod A specification of the limits of a time interval w3c-dtf W3C Encoding rules for dates and times—a profile based on ISO 8601 Specifies the type of temporal coverage Specifies the type of temporal coverage othertemporal Specifies a non-standard type of coverage A keyword that identifies the type of non-standard coverage
legalnotice A statement of legal obligations or requirements
othercredit A person or entity, other than an author or editor, credited in a document copyeditor A copy editor graphicdesigner A graphic designer other Some other contributor productioneditor A production editor technicaleditor A technical editor translator A translator indexer An indexer proofreader A proof-reader coverdesigner A cover designer interiordesigner An interior designer illustrator An illustrator reviewer A reviewer typesetter A typesetter conversion A converter (a persons responsible for conversion, not an application) Identifies the nature of the contributor Identifies the nature of the non-standard contribution Identifies the nature of the contributor other Identifies a non-standard contribution
pagenums The numbers of the pages in a book, for use in a bibliographic entry
contrib A summary of the contributions made to a document by a credited source
honorific The title of a person
firstname A given name of a person
givenname The given name of a person
surname An inherited or family name; in western cultures the last name
lineage The portion of a person's name indicating a relationship to ancestors
othername A component of a person's name that is not a first name, surname, or lineage
printhistory The printing history of a document
pubdate The date of publication of a document
publisher The publisher of a document
publishername The name of the publisher of a document
releaseinfo Information about a particular release of a document
revhistory A history of the revisions to a document
revision An entry describing a single revision in the history of the revisions to a document
revnumber A document revision number
revremark A description of a revision to a document
revdescription A extended description of a revision to a document
seriesvolnums Numbers of the volumes in a series of books
volumenum The volume number of a document in a set (as of books in a set or articles in a journal)
issuenum The number of an issue of a journal
package A software or application package
email An email address
lineannotation A comment on a line in a verbatim listing
parameter A value or a symbolic reference to a value command A command function A function option An option Identifies the class of parameter
replaceable Content that may or must be replaced by the user command A command function A function option An option parameter A parameter Identifies the nature of the replaceable text
uri A Uniform Resource Identifier Identifies the type of URI specified
abbrev An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period
acronym An often pronounceable word made from the initial (or selected) letters of a name or phrase
citation An inline bibliographic reference to another published work
citerefentry A citation to a reference page
refentrytitle The title of a reference page
manvolnum A reference volume number
citetitle The title of a cited work article An article bbs A bulletin board system book A book cdrom A CD-ROM chapter A chapter (as of a book) dvd A DVD emailmessage An email message gopher A gopher page journal A journal manuscript A manuscript newsposting A posting to a newsgroup part A part (as of a book) refentry A reference entry section A section (as of a book or article) series A series set A set (as of books) webpage A web page wiki A wiki page Identifies the nature of the publication being cited
emphasis Emphasized text
emphasis A limited span of emphasized text
foreignphrase A word or phrase in a language other than the primary language of the document
foreignphrase A limited word or phrase in a language other than the primary language of the document
phrase A span of text
phrase A limited span of text
quote An inline quotation
quote A limited inline quotation
subscript A subscript (as in H2 O, the molecular formula for water)
superscript A superscript (as in x2 , the mathematical notation for x multiplied by itself)
trademark A trademark copyright A copyright registered A registered copyright service A service trade A trademark Identifies the class of trade mark
wordasword A word meant specifically as a word and not representing anything else
footnoteref A cross reference to a footnote (a footnote mark) @linkend on footnoteref must point to a footnote.
xref A cross reference to another part of the document
link A hypertext link
olink A link that addresses its target indirectly Holds additional information that may be used by the application when resolving the link Specifies the URI of the document in which the link target appears Specifies the location of the link target in the document Identifies application-specific customization of the link behavior
anchor A spot in the document
alt A text-only annotation, often used for accessibility