<frontmatter>

The <frontmatter> element contains the material that precedes the main body of a document. It might include items such as an abstract, a preface, and various types of book lists such as a <toc>, <tablelist>, or <figurelist>.

Content models

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

Inheritance

- map/topicref bookmap/frontmatter

Example

This section is non-normative.

See the example in bookmap.

Content model

(<bookabstract> | <booklists> | <colophon> | <dedication> | <draftintro> | <notices> | <preface> | <topicref>)*

Contained by

<bookmap>

Zero or more of the following
  • <bookabstract>
  • <booklists>
  • <colophon>
  • <dedication>
  • <draftintro>
  • <notices>
  • <preface>
  • <topicref>

Contained by

  • <bookmap>

Inheritance

- map/topicref bookmap/frontmatter

The <frontmatter> element is specialized from <topicref>. It is defined in the bookmap module.

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, Attributes common to many map elements, outputclass, @keyref, and @query from Topicref element attributes group. This element also uses @scope, @format, and @type from Link relationship attribute group.