    | DocBook: The Definitive Guide 2.0.10 (Alpha) |
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preface — Introductory matter preceding the first chapter of a book
preface ::= (beginpage?,prefaceinfo?, (title,subtitle?,titleabbrev?), (toc|lot|index|glossary|bibliography)*, tocchap?, (((calloutlist|glosslist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|segmentedlist| simplelist|variablelist|caution|important|note|tip|warning| literallayout|programlisting|programlistingco|screen|screenco| screenshot|synopsis|cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis|classsynopsis| fieldsynopsis|constructorsynopsis|destructorsynopsis| methodsynopsis|formalpara|para|simpara|address|blockquote| graphic|graphicco|mediaobject|mediaobjectco|informalequation| informalexample|informalfigure|informaltable|equation|example| figure|table|msgset|procedure|sidebar|qandaset|task| productionset|constraintdef|anchor|bridgehead|remark| highlights|abstract|authorblurb|epigraph|indexterm|beginpage)+, (sect1*| (refentry)*| simplesect*| (section)*))| (sect1+| (refentry)+| simplesect+| (section)+)), (toc|lot|index|glossary|bibliography)*)
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Preface is a preface or forward in a Book. The Preface element may appear more than once and should be used for all introductory chapter-like material. For example, a Book might have both a Foreward and an Introduction. Both should be tagged as Prefaces in DocBook.
Formatted as a displayed block. Usually introduces a forced page break and often starts on the next recto page. It is common for the page numbers in prefaces to be displayed as roman numerals rather than arabic numerals. Prefaces are usually listed in the Table of Contents.
The following elements occur in preface: abstract, address, anchor, authorblurb, beginpage, bibliography, blockquote, bridgehead, calloutlist, caution, classsynopsis, cmdsynopsis, constraintdef, constructorsynopsis, destructorsynopsis, epigraph, equation, example, fieldsynopsis, figure, formalpara, funcsynopsis, glossary, glosslist, graphic, graphicco, highlights, important, index, indexterm, informalequation, informalexample, informalfigure, informaltable, itemizedlist, literallayout, lot, mediaobject, mediaobjectco, methodsynopsis, msgset, note, orderedlist, para, prefaceinfo, procedure, productionset, programlisting, programlistingco, qandaset, refentry, remark, screen, screenco, screenshot, sect1, section, segmentedlist, sidebar, simpara, simplelist, simplesect, subtitle, synopsis, table, task, tip, title, titleabbrev, toc, tocchap, variablelist, warning.
Status identifies the editorial or publication status of the Preface.
Publication status might be used to control formatting (for example, printing a “draft” watermark on drafts) or processing (perhaps a document with a status of “final” should not include any components that are not final).
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