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Re: [docbook] Re: Semantic markup for config file name/value pairs?
Jaime Irving Davila wrote:
On thu, 22-05-2003 at 07:25, Steinar Bang wrote
Is there something in DocBook XML 4.1.2, that can be used for
semantic markup of names and sample values for name/value pairs in
config files?
I am not sure, but maybe <property> [1] can help you in this case.
[1] http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/property.html
Element "property" is interesting. (nonexistent) Elements "value" and
"values" might be interesting too?
Stuff like
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/colors.html#colors
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html#display-prop
could be marked up like
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<property>display</property>
</term>
<listitem>
<values>
<value>inline</value>
<value>block</value>
<value>list-item</value>
<value>run-in</value>
<!-- ... -->
</values>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<property>color</property>
</term>
<listitem>
<values>
<value>inherit</value>
<value><replaceable>color</replaceable></value>
</values>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<property>foo</property>
</term>
<listitem>
<!-- single value -->
<value>bar</value>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
Disclaimers :)
a) Perhaps elements exist to do this in a similiarly concise way, and I
missed them.
b) DocBook will someday be even larger than now.
c) Some might say this is too close to being modeling.
Tobi
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