`<refbodydiv>`

The <refbodydiv> element is similar to the <bodydiv> element in that it provides an informal container for content that might be grouped within a reference. Reference topics place many restrictions on their content compared to generic topics; the <refbodydiv> element maintains these restrictions by only allowing elements that are already available within the body of a reference. There are no additional semantics attached to the <refbodydiv> element; it is purely a grouping element provided to help organize content.

The <refbodydiv> element can nest itself, which means that it can be specialized to create structured information within a specialized reference topic. Another common use case for the <refbodydiv> 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.

Content models

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

Inheritance

- topic/bodydiv reference/refbodydiv

Example

This section is non-normative.

<reference id="sample-refbodydiv" xml:lang="en">
 <title>Sample for refbody</title>
 <shortdesc>This shows how refbodydiv might be used.</shortdesc>
 <refbody>
  <refbodydiv id="widget1">
   <section>This is one part of the sample</section>
   <refsyn>Syntax for this part</refsyn>
  </refbodydiv> 
  <refbodydiv id="widget2">
    <section>This is another part of the sample</section>
    <refsyn>Syntax for this part</refsyn>
  </refbodydiv>
 </refbody>
</reference>

Content model

Contained by

<refbody>, <refbodydiv>

Zero or more of the following

<data>
<data-about>
<example>
<foreign>
<properties>
<refbodydiv>
<refsyn>
<section>
<simpletable>
<table>
<unknown>

Contained by

<refbody>
<refbodydiv>

Inheritance

- topic/bodydiv reference/refbodydiv

The <refbodydiv> element is specialized from <bodydiv>. It is defined in the reference module.

Attributes

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