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<pubdate>$Date: 2004/12/21 16:01:28 $</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>book</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>book</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>book</refname>
<refpurpose>&book.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

&book.synopsis.gen;
<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para>
A complete book. This is probably the most common document starting 
point in DocBook documents.  The content model of <sgmltag>Book</sgmltag> was
made dramatically less restrictive in DocBook <acronym>V3.1</acronym>.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.block; Generally causes a forced page break, restarts
page numbering, and may generate additional front and back
matter (tables of contents and indexes, for example) automatically.
In a <sgmltag>Set</sgmltag>, <sgmltag>Book</sgmltag> almost always begins on the
next available recto page.
</para>
<para>
The input order of major components is taken to be the desired output 
order.
</para>
</refsect2>



&book.parents.gen;
&book.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.attrdesc'><title>Attributes</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>fpi</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<sgmltag class="attribute">FPI</sgmltag> holds the Formal Public Identifier for 
the <sgmltag>Book</sgmltag>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>label</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<sgmltag class='attribute'>Label</sgmltag> specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes. The third <sgmltag>Book</sgmltag> in a 
<sgmltag>Set</sgmltag> might be labeled <quote>Volume III</quote>, for example.
</para>
<para>
Generally, an explicit <sgmltag class='attribute'>Label</sgmltag> attribute is
used only if the processing system is incapable of generating the label
automatically. If present, the <sgmltag class='attribute'>Label</sgmltag> 
is normative; it will used even
if the processing system is capable of automatic labelling.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>status</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<sgmltag class="attribute">Status</sgmltag> identifies the editorial or publication 
status of the <sgmltag>Book</sgmltag>.
</para>
<para>
Publication status might be used to control formatting (for example,
printing a <quote>draft</quote> watermark on drafts) or processing (perhaps
a document with a status of <quote>final</quote> should not include any
components that are not final).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&book.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

<informalexample role="example-source">
<programlisting>&book.example.1.txt;</programlisting>
</informalexample>

&book.example.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
</refentry>

