<sectiondiv>

The <sectiondiv> element allows logical grouping of content within a section. There is no additional meaning associated with the <sectiondiv> element. The <sectiondiv> element does not contain a title; the lowest level of titled content within a topic is the section itself. If additional hierarchy is required, use nested topics instead of the section.

The <sectiondiv> element nests itself, so it can be specialized to create structured information within sections. Another common use case for the <sectiondiv> element is to group a sequence of related elements for reuse, so that another topic can reference the entire set with a single @conref attribute.

Because the <sectiondiv> element can only be used within <section> elements, use the <div> element to group content that might occur in both topic bodies and sections.

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

- topic/sectiondiv

Example

This section is non-normative.

In the example below, the <sectiondiv> element is used to group content that can be reused elsewhere.

<section>
  <title>Nice pets</title>
  <sectiondiv id="smallpets">
    <p>Cats are nice.</p>
    <p>Dogs are nice.</p>
    <p>Friends of mine really love their hedgehogs.</p>
  </sectiondiv>
  <sectiondiv id="biggerpets">
    <p>Lots of people want ponies when they grow up.</p>
    <p>Llamas are also popular.</p>
  </sectiondiv>
</section>

Content model

(Text | <dl> | <div> | <fig> | <image> | <lines> | <lq> | <note> | <object> | <ol> | <p> | <pre> | <simpletable> | <sl> | <table> | <ul> | <boolean> | <cite> | <keyword> | <ph> | <q> | <term> | <text> | <tm> | <xref> | <state> | <data> | <data-about> | <foreign> | <unknown> | <draft-comment> | <fn> | <indextermref> | <indexterm> | <required-cleanup> | <sectiondiv>)*

Contained by

<section>, <sectiondiv>

Zero or more of the following
  • Text
  • <boolean>
  • <cite>
  • <data>
  • <data-about>
  • <div>
  • <dl>
  • <draft-comment>
  • <fig>
  • <fn>
  • <foreign>
  • <image>
  • <indexterm>
  • <indextermref>
  • <keyword>
  • <lines>
  • <lq>
  • <note>
  • <object>
  • <ol>
  • <p>
  • <ph>
  • <pre>
  • <q>
  • <required-cleanup>
  • <sectiondiv>
  • <simpletable>
  • <sl>
  • <state>
  • <table>
  • <term>
  • <text>
  • <tm>
  • <ul>
  • <unknown>
  • <xref>

Contained by

  • <section>
  • <sectiondiv>

Inheritance

- topic/sectiondiv

The <sectiondiv> element is a base element type. It is defined in the topic module.

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group and outputclass.