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Address

Name

Address---Real-world address

Synopsis

Content Model
  (#PCDATA | Street | POB | Postcode | City | State | Country
  | Phone | Fax | Email
  | OtherAddr)*

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Name Value(s) Type Default Value
Format (linespecific) NOTATION linespecific

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Description

Real-world address. It contains any number, in any order, of: Street, POB, Postcode, City, State, Country, Phone, Fax, Email, and OtherAddr. It has common attributes and a Linespecific attribute.

Processing Expectations

Address is presented as a block rather than inline; this may be a change in processing expectations for some users.

Parents

These elements contain Address: Affiliation, Appendix, ArtHeader, Article, BiblioDiv, BiblioEntry, BiblioMSet, BiblioMixed, BiblioSet, Bibliography, BlockQuote, BookBiblio, BookInfo, Callout, Caution, Chapter, ConfGroup, DocInfo, Example, Figure, Footnote, GlossDef, GlossDiv, Glossary, Important, Index, IndexDiv, InformalExample, ListItem, MsgExplan, MsgText, Note, Para, PartIntro, Preface, Procedure, Publisher, RefSect1, RefSect1Info, RefSect2, RefSect2Info, RefSect3, RefSect3Info, RefSynopsisDiv, RefSynopsisDivInfo, Sect1, Sect1Info, Sect2, Sect2Info, Sect3, Sect3Info, Sect4, Sect4Info, Sect5, Sect5Info, SeriesInfo, SetIndex, SetInfo, Sidebar, SimpleSect, Step, Tip, and Warning.

Children

Address contains these elements: City, Country, Email, Fax, OtherAddr, #PCDATA, POB, Phone, Postcode, State, and Street.

In some contexts, additional elements may be allowed by inclusions in parent elements. Similarly, in some contexts, some of these elements may be invalid due to exclusions in parent elements.

Attributes

Format

Line ends and leading white space must be preserved in output.

Examples

<PARA>Contact information for Fig Tree Books is:
<ADDRESS>
<STREET>456 Fig Tree Lane</STREET>
<CITY>Sebastopol</CITY>, <STATE>Calif</STATE> <POSTCODE>95472</POSTCODE>
<COUNTRY>USA</COUNTRY>
<PHONE>888-666-9999</PHONE>
<FAX>888-666-9998</FAX>
<EMAIL>figs@figbooks.com</EMAIL>
<POB>321</POB>
<CITY>Sebastopol</CITY>, <STATE>Calif</STATE> <POSTCODE>95472</POSTCODE>
<OTHERADDR>Second house from the left as you approach from the south</OTHERADDR> 
</ADDRESS>
Note that Address is to be rendered as a block; this may be an
unexpected processing expectation for some users.</PARA>


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