[Prev] [Next]

Caution

Name

Synopsis

  (Title?, (CalloutList | GlossList | ItemizedList
  | OrderedList | SegmentedList | SimpleList | VariableList
  | LiteralLayout | ProgramListing | ProgramListingCO
  | Screen | ScreenCO | ScreenShot | Synopsis | CmdSynopsis
  | FuncSynopsis | FormalPara | Para | SimPara | Address
  | BlockQuote | Graphic | GraphicCO | InformalEquation
  | InformalExample | InformalTable | Equation | Example
  | Figure | Table | Procedure | Sidebar | Anchor | BridgeHead
  | Comment)+)
  -(Caution | Important | Note | Tip | Warning)

Exclusions

Caution excludes these elements at every level:

  Caution | Important | Note | Tip | Warning

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Tag Minimization

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

Description

Caution is an admonition set off from the text, as are the other admonitions, Tip, Note, Important, and Warning. Its contents may include paragraphs, lists, and so forth, but not other admonitions. It has common attributes.

Parents

These elements contain Caution: Appendix, Article, BiblioDiv, Bibliography, BlockQuote, Callout, Chapter, Dedication, GlossDiv, Glossary, Highlights, Index, LegalNotice, ListItem, MsgExplan, MsgText, Para, PartIntro, Preface, Procedure, RefSect1, RefSect2, RefSect3, RefSynopsisDiv, Sect1, Sect2, Sect3, Sect4, Sect5, SetIndex, Sidebar, SimpleSect, Step, and entry.

Children

Caution contains these elements: Address, Anchor, BlockQuote, BridgeHead, CalloutList, CmdSynopsis, Comment, Equation, Example, Figure, FormalPara, FuncSynopsis, GlossList, Graphic, GraphicCO, InformalEquation, InformalExample, InformalTable, ItemizedList, LiteralLayout, OrderedList, Para, Procedure, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, SegmentedList, Sidebar, SimPara, SimpleList, Synopsis, Table, Title, and VariableList.

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.

Examples

<CAUTION>
<PARA>Prolonged typing without saving your text may lead to
loss of data when the system fails.
</PARA>
</CAUTION>

[Prev] CalloutList
[Next] chapter.class
[Reference Home] [Davenport Group Home]