highlights

$Revision: 1.3 $

$Date: 2002/06/12 11:18:12 $

highlights — A summary of the main points of the discussed component

Synopsis

Content Model

highlights ::=
((calloutlist|glosslist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|segmentedlist|
  simplelist|variablelist|caution|important|note|tip|warning|
  formalpara|para|simpara|indexterm)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Description

Highlights are generally presented at the beginning of a component and offer some sort of summary of the main points that will be discussed.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Highlights often contain some sort of list.

Parents

These elements contain highlights: answer, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, callout, chapter, glossary, glossdiv, index, itemizedlist, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, orderedlist, partintro, preface, procedure, qandadiv, qandaset, question, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsection, refsynopsisdiv, revdescription, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, setindex, sidebar, simplesect, step, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary, variablelist.

Children

The following elements occur in highlights: calloutlist, caution, formalpara, glosslist, important, indexterm, itemizedlist, note, orderedlist, para, segmentedlist, simpara, simplelist, tip, variablelist, warning.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<chapter><title>Example Chapter</title>
<highlights>
<para>
This chapter will teach you
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
How to disassemble an automobile.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
How to properly carry the component pieces.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
How to reassemble an automobile in a standard telephone booth.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</highlights>
<para>&hellip</para>
</chapter>