3.2.3.2 refbody

The <refbody> element is a container for the main content of the reference topic. Reference topics limit the body structure to tables (both simple and standard), property lists, syntax sections, and generic sections and examples, in any sequence or number.

Reference topics represent the kind of information that users typically consult to understand programming objects, configuration file options, recipes, terminological descriptions, product or other specifications, equipment or parts lists, or any other set of factual information.

Contains

Doctype

Content model

ditabase, reference, learningContent

(data or data-about or example or foreign or unknown or refbodydiv or refsyn or properties or section or simpletable or table) (any number)

Contained by

Doctype

Content model

ditabase, reference, learningContent

reference

Inheritance

- topic/body reference/refbody

Example

See 3.2.3.1 reference.

Attributes

Name

Description

Data Type

Default Value

Required?

base

A generic attribute that has no specific purpose. It is intended to act as a base for specialized attributes that have a simple value syntax like the conditional processing attributes (one or more alphanumeric values separated by whitespace), but is not itself a filtering or flagging attribute.

CDATA

#IMPLIED

No

id-atts attribute group (id, conref, conrefend, conaction, conkeyref)

A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.4 id-atts attribute group

     

localization-atts attribute group (translate, xml:lang, dir)

A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.6 localization-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:  3.2.3 Reference elements

Sibling Topics:

3.2.3.1 reference

3.2.3.3 refbodydiv

3.2.3.4 refsyn

3.2.3.5 properties

3.2.3.6 prophead

3.2.3.7 proptypehd

3.2.3.8 propvaluehd

3.2.3.9 propdeschd

3.2.3.10 property

3.2.3.11 proptype

3.2.3.12 propvalue

3.2.3.13 propdesc