Description
A Para is a paragraph. Paragraphs in DocBook may contain almost all inlines and most block elements. Sectioning and higher-level structural elements are excluded. DocBook offers two variants of paragraph: SimPara, which cannot contain block elements, and FormalPara, which has a title.
Some processing systems may find the presence of block elements in a paragraph difficult to handle. On the other hand, it is frequently most logical, from a structural point of view, to include block elements, especially informal block elements, in the paragraphs that describe their content. There is no easy answer to this problem.
Future Changes
The InterfaceDefinition element will be discarded in DocBook V4.0. It will no longer be available in the content model of this element.
Parents
These elements contain Para: Abstract, Answer, Appendix, Article, AuthorBlurb, BiblioDiv, Bibliography, BlockQuote, Callout, Caption, Caution, Chapter, Colophon, Dedication, entry, Epigraph, Example, Footnote, FormalPara, Glossary, GlossDef, GlossDiv, Highlights, Important, Index, IndexDiv, InformalExample, LegalNotice, ListItem, MsgExplan, MsgText, Note, PartIntro, Preface, PrintHistory, Procedure, QandADiv, QandASet, Question, RefSect1, RefSect2, RefSect3, RefSynopsisDiv, Sect1, Sect2, Sect3, Sect4, Sect5, Section, SetIndex, Sidebar, SimpleSect, Step, TextObject, Tip, Warning.
Children
The following elements occur in Para: Abbrev, Acronym, Action, Address, Anchor, Application, Author, AuthorInitials, BlockQuote, CalloutList, Caution, Citation, CiteRefEntry, CiteTitle, ClassName, CmdSynopsis, Command, Comment, ComputerOutput, Constant, CorpAuthor, Database, Email, Emphasis, EnVar, Equation, ErrorCode, ErrorName, ErrorType, Example, Figure, Filename, FirstTerm, Footnote, FootnoteRef, ForeignPhrase, FuncSynopsis, Function, GlossList, GlossTerm, Graphic, GraphicCO, GUIButton, GUIIcon, GUILabel, GUIMenu, GUIMenuItem, GUISubmenu, Hardware, Important, IndexTerm, InformalEquation, InformalExample, InformalFigure, InformalTable, InlineEquation, InlineGraphic, InlineMediaObject, Interface, InterfaceDefinition, ItemizedList, KeyCap, KeyCode, KeyCombo, KeySym, Link, Literal, LiteralLayout, Markup, MediaLabel, MediaObject, MediaObjectCO, MenuChoice, ModeSpec, MouseButton, MsgText, Note, OLink, Option, Optional, OrderedList, OtherCredit, Parameter, Phrase, ProductName, ProductNumber, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, Prompt, Property, Quote, Replaceable, ReturnValue, RevHistory, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, SegmentedList, SGMLTag, SimpleList, StructField, StructName, Subscript, Superscript, Symbol, Synopsis, SystemItem, Table, Tip, Token, Trademark, Type, ULink, UserInput, VariableList, VarName, Warning, WordAsWord, XRef.
In some contexts, the following elements are allowed anywhere: BeginPage, IndexTerm.
In some contexts, the following elements are excluded: Acronym, Caution, Equation, Example, Figure, Footnote, Important, IndexTerm, InformalTable, Note, Table, Tip, Warning.
