qandaset

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. The DefaultLabel attribute has a significant influence on the presentation of Questions and Answers.

Parents

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

Children

The following elements occur in qandaset: address, anchor, blockinfo, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, caution, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, constructorsynopsis, destructorsynopsis, equation, example, fieldsynopsis, figure, formalpara, funcsynopsis, glosslist, graphic, graphicco, highlights, important, indexterm, informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, mediaobjectco, methodsynopsis, note, orderedlist, para, procedure, programlisting, programlistingco, qandadiv, qandaentry, remark, screen, screenco, screenshot, segmentedlist, simpara, simplelist, synopsis, table, tip, title, titleabbrev, variablelist, warning.

defaultlabel

DefaultLabel identifies the default label that should be used for Questions and Answers:

qanda

Questions are labeled “Q:” and Answers are labeled “A:”. Other similar labels may be substituted, for example, the words might be spelled out, “Question:” and “Answer:”, and the actual characters or words used are dependent on the language.

number

The entries are enumerated.

none

No distinguishing label precedes Questions or Answers.

If no value is specified, the implied presentation may be any one of these, as defined by the stylesheet. Note that each question and answer can explicitly define a label, regardless of the default label specified.

<!DOCTYPE qandaset PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<qandaset defaultlabel='qanda'>
<qandaentry>
<question>
<para>
To be, or not to be?
</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>
That is the question.
</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaset>

<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<article class="faq">
<title>Frequently Asked Questions About Fonts</title>

<para>...</para>

<qandaset>
<qandadiv><title>General Information</title>

<para>...</para>

<qandadiv><title>Font Houses</title>

<qandaentry><question><para>Adobe Systems, Inc.</para></question>
<answer><para>...</para></answer>
</qandaentry>

<qandaentry><question><para>Agfa, Inc.</para></question>
<answer><para>...</para></answer>
</qandaentry>

</qandadiv>
</qandadiv>
</qandaset>
</article>