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ToCfront

Name

ToCfront---Entry for introductory matter in a ToC

Synopsis

Content Model
  (#PCDATA | FootnoteRef | XRef | Abbrev | Acronym | Citation
  | CiteRefEntry | CiteTitle | Emphasis | FirstTerm
  | ForeignPhrase | GlossTerm | Footnote | Phrase | Quote
  | Trademark | WordAsWord | Link | OLink | ULink | Action
  | Application | ClassName | Command | ComputerOutput
  | Database | Email | EnVar | ErrorCode | ErrorName
  | ErrorType | Filename | Function | GUIButton | GUIIcon
  | GUILabel | GUIMenu | GUIMenuItem | GUISubmenu | Hardware
  | Interface | InterfaceDefinition | KeyCap | KeyCode
  | KeyCombo | KeySym | Literal | Markup | MediaLabel
  | MenuChoice | MouseButton | MsgText | Option | Optional
  | Parameter | Prompt | Property | Replaceable | ReturnValue
  | SGMLTag | StructField | StructName | Symbol | SystemItem
  | Token | Type | UserInput | Anchor | Author | AuthorInitials
  | CorpAuthor | ModeSpec | OtherCredit | ProductName
  | ProductNumber | RevHistory | Comment | Subscript
  | Superscript | InlineGraphic | InlineEquation | Synopsis
  | CmdSynopsis
  | FuncSynopsis)+

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Name Value(s) Type Default Value
Label CDATA #IMPLIED  
Linkend IDREF #IMPLIED  
Pagenum CDATA #IMPLIED  

Tag Minimization

The start-tag is required for this element. The end-tag is optional, if your SGML declaration allows minimization.

Description

Entry for introductory matter in a ToC. See ToC. ToCfront may contain anything in para.char.mix has Linkend, Label, PageNum, and common attributes.

Usage

The Label attribute might take the value of Equations, Examples, Figures, Preface, or Tables, depending on the identity of the piece of front matter concerned, but these are not formally specified.

Parents

ToCfront occurs in ToC.

Children

ToCfront contains these elements: Abbrev, Acronym, Action, Anchor, Application, Author, AuthorInitials, Citation, CiteRefEntry, CiteTitle, ClassName, CmdSynopsis, Command, Comment, ComputerOutput, CorpAuthor, Database, Email, Emphasis, EnVar, ErrorCode, ErrorName, ErrorType, Filename, FirstTerm, Footnote, FootnoteRef, ForeignPhrase, FuncSynopsis, Function, GUIButton, GUIIcon, GUILabel, GUIMenu, GUIMenuItem, GUISubmenu, GlossTerm, Hardware, InlineEquation, InlineGraphic, Interface, InterfaceDefinition, KeyCap, KeyCode, KeyCombo, KeySym, Link, Literal, Markup, MediaLabel, MenuChoice, ModeSpec, MouseButton, MsgText, OLink, Option, Optional, OtherCredit, #PCDATA, Parameter, Phrase, ProductName, ProductNumber, Prompt, Property, Quote, Replaceable, ReturnValue, RevHistory, SGMLTag, StructField, StructName, Subscript, Superscript, Symbol, Synopsis, SystemItem, Token, Trademark, Type, ULink, UserInput, WordAsWord, and XRef.

Attributes

Label

Label holds an identifying number or string to be output in some manner when the element it is applied to is rendered.

Linkend

ID of target pointed to by this element.

Pagenum

PageNum is the number of the page on which a given element begins or occurs in a printed book.

Examples

<TOC><!-- table of contents for a book titled Big Countries of 
          the Western Hemisphere and A Few of Their Parts -->
<TITLE>Table of Contents</TITLE>
<TOCFRONT PAGENUM="viii">Preface</TOCFRONT>
<TOCPART>
<TOCENTRY>North America</TOCENTRY>
<TOCCHAP LABEL="1">
<TOCENTRY>Canada</TOCENTRY>
<TOCLEVEL1>
<TOCENTRY>Ontario</TOCENTRY>
<TOCENTRY>British Columbia</TOCENTRY>
</TOCLEVEL1>
</TOCCHAP>
<TOCCHAP LABEL="2">
<TOCENTRY>United States</TOCENTRY>
<TOCLEVEL1>
<TOCENTRY>California</TOCENTRY>
<TOCLEVEL2>
<TOCENTRY>Napa County</TOCENTRY>
</TOCLEVEL2>
<TOCLEVEL2>
<TOCENTRY>Sonoma County</TOCENTRY>
<TOCLEVEL3>
<TOCENTRY>Southern Sonoma County</TOCENTRY>
<TOCLEVEL4>
<TOCENTRY>Sebastopol</TOCENTRY>
<TOCLEVEL5>
<TOCENTRY>Morris Street</TOCENTRY>
</TOCLEVEL5>
</TOCLEVEL4>
</TOCLEVEL3>
</TOCLEVEL2>
</TOCLEVEL1>
<TOCLEVEL1>
<TOCENTRY>Nevada</TOCENTRY>
</TOCLEVEL1>
<TOCLEVEL1>
<TOCENTRY>Arizona</TOCENTRY>
</TOCLEVEL1>
</TOCCHAP>
</TOCPART>
<TOCPART>
<TOCENTRY>South America</TOCENTRY>
<TOCCHAP LABEL="1">
<TOCENTRY>Brazil</TOCENTRY>
</TOCCHAP>
<TOCCHAP LABEL="2">
<TOCENTRY>Argentina</TOCENTRY>
</TOCCHAP>
</TOCPART>
<TOCBACK PAGENUM="167">Glossary</TOCBACK>
<TOCBACK PAGENUM="177">Gazetteer</TOCBACK>
</TOC>


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