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    <title>Reference Manual DTDs</title>
    <prepared></prepared>
    <docno></docno>
    <date></date>
    <rev></rev>
    <file>refman_dtds.xml</file>
  </header>

  <p>There are five DTDs for writing manual pages about applications,
    shell commands, C libraries, Erlang modules and files, all with a
    similar structure:</p>

  <list type="bulleted">
    <item>A header.</item>
    <item>Name of the application/command/library/module/file.</item>
    <item>Short summary (one line).</item>
    <item>A longer description.</item>
    <item>"Formal" definitions of functions or commands.</item>
    <item>Optional sections of free text.</item>
    <item>Optional section with the name(s) and email(s) of the author(s).</item>
  </list>

  <p>The differences between the DTDs are the tags for the name,
    the short summary and some tags inside the "formal" definitions.</p>

  <section>
    <marker id="applicationDTD"></marker>
    <title>The application DTD</title>

    <p>The <c>application</c> DTD is intended for a Reference Manual and
      groups a set of manual pages into one unit. The structure is
      similar to the part DTD: first an introduction and then the manual
      pages, written in separate files with the
      <seealso marker="#apprefDTD">appref</seealso>,
      <seealso marker="#comrefDTD">comref</seealso>,
      <seealso marker="#crefDTD">cref</seealso>,
      <seealso marker="#erlrefDTD">erlref</seealso>, or
      <seealso marker="#filerefDTD">fileref</seealso> DTD.</p>

    <p>Example:</p>
    <pre>
&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
&lt;!DOCTYPE application SYSTEM "application.dtd">
&lt;application>
  &lt;header>
    &lt;title>Application name&lt;/title>
    &lt;prepared/>
    &lt;docno/>
    &lt;date/>
    &lt;rev/>
  &lt;/header>

  &lt;description>
    &lt;p>Application description...&lt;/p>
  &lt;/description>
  
  &lt;include file="module1">
  &lt;include file="module2">
&lt;/application>
    </pre>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="applicationTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;application&gt;</title>

    <p>The top level tag of an <c>application</c> DTD.</p>

    <p>Contains a
      <seealso marker="header_tags">&lt;header&gt;</seealso>,
      an optional
      <seealso marker="user_guide_dtds#descriptionTAG">&lt;description&gt;</seealso>,
      followed by one or more
      <seealso marker="user_guide_dtds#includeTAG">&lt;include&gt;</seealso>.
    </p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="apprefDTD"></marker>
    <title>The appref DTD</title>

    <p>This is the DTD for writing an application manual page.</p>

    <p>Example:</p>
    <pre>
&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
&lt;!DOCTYPE appref SYSTEM "appref.dtd">
&lt;appref>
  &lt;header>
    &lt;title>Application name&lt;/title>
    &lt;prepared/>
    &lt;docno/>
    &lt;date/>
    &lt;rev/>
  &lt;/header>

  &lt;app>Application name&lt;/app>

  &lt;appsummary>A short application summary.&lt;/appsummary>

  &lt;description>
    &lt;p>A longer description of the application.&lt;/p>
  &lt;/description>
  
  &lt;section>
    &lt;title>Configuration&lt;/title>

      &lt;p>...&lt;/p>
  &lt;/section>

  ...
  
  &lt;authors>
    &lt;aname>Name of author&lt;/aname>
    &lt;email>Email of author&lt;/email>
  &lt;/authors>
&lt;/appref>
    </pre>

    <section>
      <marker id="apprefTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;appref&gt;</title>

      <p>The top level tag of an <c>appref</c> DTD.</p>

      <p>Contains
	<seealso marker="header_tags#headerTAG">&lt;header&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#appTAG">&lt;app&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#appsummaryTAG">&lt;appsummary&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#descriptionTAG">&lt;description&gt;</seealso>,
	zero or more
	<seealso marker="#sectionTAG">&lt;section&gt;</seealso> and
	<seealso marker="#funcsTAG">&lt;funcs&gt;</seealso>, 
	followed by zero or more 
	<seealso marker="#authorsTAG">&lt;authors&gt;</seealso>.</p>
    </section>

    <section>
      <marker id="appTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;app&gt;</title>

      <p>The application name. Contains plain text.</p>
    </section>

    <section>
      <marker id="appsummaryTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;appsummary&gt;</title>

      <p>Short summary. Contains plain text.</p>
    </section>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="comrefDTD"></marker>
    <title>The comref DTD</title>

    <p>This is the DTD for writing a command manual page.</p>

    <p>Example:</p>
    <pre>
&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
&lt;!DOCTYPE comref SYSTEM "comref.dtd">
&lt;comref>
  &lt;header>
    &lt;title>Command name&lt;/title>
    &lt;prepared/>
    &lt;docno/>
    &lt;date/>
    &lt;rev/>
  &lt;/header>

  &lt;com>Command name&lt;/com>

  &lt;comsummary>A short command summary.&lt;/comsummary>

  &lt;description>
    &lt;p>A long description of the command.&lt;/p>
  &lt;/description>
  
  &lt;funcs>
    &lt;func>
      &lt;name>command&lt;/name>
      &lt;name>command -flag &lt;arg>&lt;/name>
      &lt;fsummary>A short command summary (max 40 characters).&lt;/fsummary>
      &lt;desc>
        &lt;p>An extended command description.
      &lt;/desc>
    &lt;/func>
  &lt;/funcs>

  &lt;section>
    &lt;title>Options&lt;/title>

    &lt;p>...&lt;/p>
  &lt;/section>
  
  &lt;authors>
    &lt;aname>Name of author&lt;/aname>
    &lt;email>Email of author&lt;/email>
  &lt;/authors>
&lt;/comref>
    </pre>

    <section>
      <marker id="comrefTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;comref&gt;</title>

      <p>The top level tag for a <c>comref</c> DTD.</p>

      <p>Contains
	<seealso marker="header_tags#headerTAG">&lt;header&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#comTAG">&lt;com&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#comsummaryTAG">&lt;comsummary&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#descriptionTAG">&lt;description&gt;</seealso>,
	zero or more
	<seealso marker="#sectionTAG">&lt;section&gt;</seealso> and
	<seealso marker="#funcsTAG">&lt;funcs&gt;</seealso>, 
	followed by zero or more
	<seealso marker="#authorsTAG">&lt;authors&gt;</seealso>.</p>
    </section>

    <section>
      <marker id="comTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;com&gt;</title>

      <p>The command name. Contains plain text.</p>
    </section>

    <section>
      <marker id="comsummaryTAG"></marker>

      <title>&lt;comsummary&gt;</title>

      <p>Short summary. Contains plain text.</p>
    </section>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="crefDTD"></marker>
    <title>The cref DTD</title>

    <p>This is the DTD for writing a C library manual page.</p>

    <p>Example:</p>
    <pre><![CDATA[
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE cref SYSTEM "cref.dtd">
<cref>
  <header>
    <title>C library name</title>
    <prepared/>
    <docno/>
    <date/>
    <rev/>
  </header>

  <lib>C library name</lib>

  <libsummary>A short C library summary.</libsummary>

  <description>
    <p>A longer description of the C library.</p>
  </description>
  
  <funcs>
    <func>
      <name><ret>void</ret><nametext>start(bar)</nametext></name>
      <name><ret>void</ret><nametext>start(foo)</nametext></name>
      <fsummary>A short function summary (max 40 characters).</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>char bar</v>
        <v>int foo</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>An extended function description.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    ...
  </funcs>

  <section>
    <title>A title</title>

    <p>Some text...</p>
  </section>
  
  
</cref>
    ]]></pre>

    <section>
      <marker id="crefTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;cref&gt;</title>

      <p>The top level tag for a <c>cref</c> DTD.</p>

      <p>Contains
	<seealso marker="header_tags#headerTAG">&lt;header&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#libTAG">&lt;lib&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#libsummaryTAG">&lt;libsummary&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#descriptionTAG">&lt;description&gt;</seealso>,
	zero or more
	<seealso marker="#sectionTAG">&lt;section&gt;</seealso> and
	<seealso marker="#funcsTAG">&lt;funcs&gt;</seealso>, followed by
	zero or more
	<seealso marker="#authorsTAG">&lt;authors&gt;</seealso>.</p>
    </section>

    <section>
      <marker id="libTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;lib&gt;</title>

      <p>The C library name or acronym. Contains plain text.</p>
    </section>

    <section>
      <marker id="libsummaryTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;libsummary&gt;</title>

      <p>Short summary. Contains plain text.</p>
    </section>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="erlrefDTD"></marker>
    <title>The erlref DTD</title>

    <p>This is the DTD for writing Erlang module manual pages.</p>

    <p>Example:</p>
    <pre>
&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
&lt;!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
&lt;erlref>
  &lt;header>
    &lt;title>Module name&lt;/title>
    &lt;prepared/>
    &lt;docno/>
    &lt;date/>
    &lt;rev/>
  &lt;/header>

  &lt;module>Module name&lt;/module>

  &lt;modulesummary>A short module summary.&lt;/modulesummary>

  &lt;description>
    &lt;p>A longer description of the module.&lt;/p>
  &lt;/description>
  
  &lt;funcs>
    &lt;func>
      &lt;name>start() -> Result&lt;/name>
      &lt;name>start(N) -> Result&lt;/name>
      &lt;fsummary>A short function summary (max 40 characters).&lt;/fsummary>
      &lt;type>
        &lt;v>Pid = pid()&lt;/v>
        &lt;v>N = int()&lt;/v>
        &lt;v>Result = {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}&lt;/v>
        &lt;v>Reason = term()&lt;/v>
        &lt;d>A parameter description.&lt;/d>
      &lt;/type>
      &lt;desc>
        &lt;p>An extended function description.&lt;/p>
      &lt;/desc>
    &lt;/func>

    ...
  &lt;/funcs>

  &lt;section>
    &lt;title>Some Title&lt;/title>
    &lt;p>Some text...&lt;/p>
  &lt;/section>
  
  &lt;authors>
    &lt;aname>Name of author&lt;/aname>
    &lt;email>Email of author&lt;/email>
  &lt;/authors>
&lt;/erlref>
    </pre>

    <section>
      <marker id="erlrefTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;erlref&gt;</title>

      <p>The top level tag for an <c>erlref</c> DTD.</p>

      <p>Contains
	<seealso marker="header_tags#headerTAG">&lt;header&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#moduleTAG">&lt;module&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#modulesummaryTAG">&lt;modulesummary&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#descriptionTAG">&lt;description&gt;</seealso>,
	zero or more
	<seealso marker="#sectionTAG">&lt;section&gt;</seealso> and
	<seealso marker="#funcsTAG">&lt;funcs&gt;</seealso>, 
	followed by zero or more
	<seealso marker="#authorsTAG">&lt;authors&gt;</seealso>.</p>
    </section>

    <section>
      <marker id="moduleTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;module&gt;</title>

      <p>The module name. Contains plain text.</p>
    </section>

    <section>
      <marker id="modulesummaryTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;modulesummary&gt;</title>

      <p>Short summary. Contains plain text.</p>
    </section>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="filerefDTD"></marker>
    <title>The fileref DTD</title>

    <p>This is the DTD for writing file manual pages. In OTP, this DTD
      is used for defining the format of for example <c>.rel</c> and
      <c>.app</c> files.</p>

    <p>Example:</p>
    <pre>
&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
&lt;!DOCTYPE fileref SYSTEM "fileref.dtd">
&lt;fileref>
  &lt;header>
    &lt;title>File name&lt;/title>
    &lt;prepared/>
    &lt;docno/>
    &lt;date/>
    &lt;rev/>
  &lt;/header>

  &lt;file>fileref&lt;/file>

  &lt;filesummary>A short file summary.&lt;/filesummary>

  &lt;description>
    &lt;p>A longer description of the file.&lt;/p>
  &lt;/description>
  
  &lt;section>
    &lt;title>File format&lt;/title>

    &lt;p>...&lt;/p>
  &lt;/section>
  
  &lt;authors>
    &lt;aname>Name of author&lt;/aname>
    &lt;email>Email of author&lt;/email>
  &lt;/authors>
&lt;/fileref>
    </pre>

    <p>The file reference manual can also contain function definitions,
      similar to the <c>erlref</c> DTD.</p>

    <section>
      <marker id="filerefTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;fileref&gt;</title>

      <p>The top level tag for a <c>fileref</c> DTD.</p>

      <p>Contains
	<seealso marker="header_tags#headerTAG">&lt;header&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#fileTAG">&lt;file&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#filesummaryTAG">&lt;filesummary&gt;</seealso>,
	<seealso marker="#descriptionTAG">&lt;description&gt;</seealso>,
	zero or more
	<seealso marker="#sectionTAG">&lt;section&gt;</seealso> and
	<seealso marker="#funcsTAG">&lt;funcs&gt;</seealso>, 
	followed by zero or more
	<seealso marker="#authorsTAG">&lt;authors&gt;</seealso>.</p>
    </section>

    <section>
      <marker id="fileTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;file&gt;</title>

      <p>The name of the file or file type. Contains plain text.</p>
    </section>

    <section>
      <marker id="filesummaryTAG"></marker>
      <title>&lt;filesummary&gt;</title>

      <p>Short summary. Contains plain text.</p>
    </section>
  </section>

    <section>
    <marker id="descriptionTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;description&gt;</title>

    <p>The introduction after the title and before sections and
      "formal" definitions.</p>

    <p>Contains any combination and any number of
      <seealso marker="block_tags">block tags</seealso> except
      <c><![CDATA[<image>]]></c> and <c><![CDATA[<table>]]></c>.</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="sectionTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;section&gt;</title>

    <p>Subdivisions of the document. Contains an optional
      <seealso marker="inline_tags#markerTAG">&lt;marker&gt;</seealso>,
      a <seealso marker="user_guide_dtds#titleTAG">&lt;title&gt;</seealso>,
      
      followed by any combination and any number of
      <seealso marker="block_tags">block tags</seealso> except
      <c><![CDATA[<image>]]></c> and <c><![CDATA[<table>]]></c>.</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="funcsTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;funcs&gt;</title>

    <p>A group of "formal" function definitions.</p>
    
    <p>Contains one or more
      <seealso marker="#funcTAG">&lt;func&gt;</seealso>.</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="funcTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;func&gt;</title>

    <p>A "formal" function definition.</p>

    <p>Contains one or more
      <seealso marker="#nameTAG">&lt;name&gt;</seealso>, followed by
      <seealso marker="#fsummaryTAG">&lt;fsummary&gt;</seealso>,
      <seealso marker="#typeTAG">&lt;type&gt;</seealso> (optional) and
      <seealso marker="#descTAG">&lt;desc&gt;</seealso> (optional).</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="nameTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;name&gt;</title>

    <p>Function/command signature with name, arguments and return value.
      Contains plain text, except for the <c>cref</c> DTD where it
      contains a <c><![CDATA[<ret>]]></c> (return type, plain text) and
      a <c><![CDATA[<nametext>]]></c> (function name and arguments,
      plain text).</p>

    <p>In the case of an <c>erlref</c> DTD, it will
      automatically be added a
      <seealso marker="inline_tags#markerTAG">marker</seealso>,
      <c><![CDATA[<marker id="Name/Arity">]]></c> or
      <c><![CDATA[<marker id="Name">]]></c>, based on the contents of
      this tag before the function definition.</p>

    <p>Example: Consider the following name definition</p>
    <pre><![CDATA[
<name>foo(Arg1, Arg2) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
    ]]></pre>

    <p>Then a marker like this will be added
      <c><![CDATA[<marker id="foo/2">]]></c> before the function
      definition in the generated HTML. That is, referring to
      the function using
      <c><![CDATA[<seealso marker="#foo/2">foo/2</seealso>]]></c> will
      automatically work.</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="fsummaryTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;fsummary&gt;</title>

    <p>Function/command summary. Contains plain text,
      <seealso marker="inline_tags#cTAG">&lt;c&gt;</seealso> and
      <seealso marker="inline_tags#emTAG">&lt;em&gt;</seealso>.</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="typeTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;type&gt;</title>

    <p>Type declarations for the function/command.</p>

    <p>Contains one or more pairs of
      <seealso marker="#vTAG">&lt;v&gt;</seealso> and
      <seealso marker="#dTAG">&lt;d&gt;</seealso> (optional).</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="vTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;v&gt;</title>

    <p>Type declaration for an argument or return value. Contains plain
      text.</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="dTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;d&gt;</title>

    <p>Description for an argument or return value. Contains plain text,
      <seealso marker="inline_tags#cTAG">&lt;c&gt;</seealso> and
      <seealso marker="inline_tags#emTAG">&lt;em&gt;</seealso>.</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="descTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;desc&gt;</title>

    <p>Function/command description. Contains
      <seealso marker="block_tags">block tags</seealso> except
      <c>&lt;image&gt;</c> and <c>&lt;table&gt;</c>.</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="authorsTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;authors&gt;</title>

    <p>Authors of the manual page. The <c>authors</c> element is  optional.</p>

    <p>Contains one or more pairs of
      <seealso marker="#anameTAG">&lt;aname&gt;</seealso> and
      <seealso marker="#emailTAG">&lt;email&gt;</seealso>.</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="anameTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;aname&gt;</title>

    <p>Author name. Contains plain text.</p>
  </section>

  <section>
    <marker id="emailTAG"></marker>
    <title>&lt;email&gt;</title>

    <p>Author email address. Contains plain text.</p>
  </section>
</chapter>