3.2.6.2.18 synblk

The syntax block (<synblk>) element organizes small pieces of a syntax definition into a larger piece. This element is part of the DITA programming domain, a special set of DITA elements designed to document programming tasks, concepts, and reference information.

Contains

Doctype

Content model

topic (technical content), map (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, bookmap

( (title) (optional) then (fragment or fragref or groupchoice or groupcomp or groupseq or synnote or synnoteref) (any number) )

Contained by

Doctype

Content model

topic (technical content), map (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task (strict), task (general), bookmap

syntaxdiagram

Inheritance

+ topic/figgroup pr-d/synblk

Example
<synblk>
<groupseq><kwd>this</kwd><sep>-</sep><kwd>is</kwd><sep>-</sep><kwd>a</kwd>
<sep>-</sep><var>test</var></groupseq>
</synblk>        
Attributes

Name

Description

Data Type

Default Value

Required?

univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts, and localization-atts groups)

A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.3 univ-atts attribute group

     

global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc)

A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group

     

class, outputclass

Common attributes described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes

     

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Parent Topic:  3.2.6.2 Programming elements

Sibling Topics:

3.2.6.2.1 apiname

3.2.6.2.2 codeblock

3.2.6.2.3 coderef

3.2.6.2.4 codeph

3.2.6.2.5 option

3.2.6.2.6 parmname

3.2.6.2.7 parml

3.2.6.2.8 plentry

3.2.6.2.9 pt

3.2.6.2.10 pd

3.2.6.2.11 synph

3.2.6.2.12 syntaxdiagram

3.2.6.2.13 groupseq

3.2.6.2.14 groupchoice

3.2.6.2.15 groupcomp

3.2.6.2.16 fragment

3.2.6.2.17 fragref

3.2.6.2.19 synnote

3.2.6.2.20 synnoteref

3.2.6.2.21 kwd

3.2.6.2.22 var

3.2.6.2.23 oper

3.2.6.2.24 delim

3.2.6.2.25 sep

3.2.6.2.26 repsep