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BoostBook element description

description — Detailed description of a construct

Synopsis

description ::= (ANY)

Description

Although the context model for this element is ANY, detailed descriptions should contain structured DocBook elements that occur within sections, e.g., paragraphs (para, simpara), lists (orderedlist, itemizedlist), tables (informaltable, table), etc.

Attributes

Name Type Value Purpose
last-revision #IMPLIED CDATA Set to $Date$ to keep "last revised" information in sync with CVS changes
id #IMPLIED CDATA A global identifier for this element
xml:base #IMPLIED CDATA Implementation detail used by XIncludes
Copyright © 2003-2005 Douglas Gregor

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