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abstract
abstract — A summary.
Description
An abstract can occur in most components of DocBook. It is expected to contain some sort of summary of the content with which it is associated (by containment).
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block. Sometimes suppressed. Often presented in alternate outputs.
Parents
These elements contain abstract
: biblioentry
, bibliomixed
, bibliomset
, biblioset
, info
(db.info), info
(db.titleforbidden.info), info
(db.titleonly.info), info
(db.titleonlyreq.info), info
(db.titlereq.info).
Children
The following elements occur in abstract: anchor
, formalpara
, info
(db.titleforbidden.info), info
(db.titleonly.info), para
, simpara
, title
, titleabbrev
.