<change-summary>

The <change-summary> element includes a brief description of the change.

Usage information

The <change-summary> element contains the portion of the release note that might appear in a document.

Specialization hierarchy

The <change-summary> element is specialized from <data>. It is defined in the release-management domain module.

Content model

(Text | <audio> | <cite> | <include> | <keyword> | <markupname> | <apiname> | <option> | <parmname> | <cmdname> | <msgnum> | <varname> | <wintitle> | <numcharref> | <parameterentity> | <textentity> | <xmlatt> | <xmlelement> | <xmlnsname> | <xmlpi> | <ph> | <strong> | <em> | <b> | <i> | <line-through> | <overline> | <sup> | <sub> | <tt> | <u> | <hwcontrol> | <partno> | <codeph> | <filepath> | <msgph> | <systemoutput> | <userinput> | <synph> | <menucascade> | <uicontrol> | <q> | <term> | <abbreviated-form> | <text> | <tm> | <xref> | <data> | <sort-as> | <draft-comment> | <foreign> | <image> | <object> | <required-cleanup> | <title> | <video> )*

Zero or more

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and @name.

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and the attributes defined below.

@name (data-element attributes)
Defines a unique name for the object.

Example

This section is non-normative.

The following code sample shows how the <change-summary> element can be used to provide a brief description of a change:

<change-historylist>
  <change-item product="productA">
    <change-person>Tom Cihak</change-person>
    <change-completed>2019-06-07</change-completed>
    <change-summary>Made change 2 to product A</change-summary>
    <data>Details of change 2</data>
  </change-item>
<change-historylist>