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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
<year>1997</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
under the License.
</legalnotice>
<title>Overview OTP DTDs</title>
<prepared></prepared>
<docno></docno>
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
<file>overview.xml</file>
</header>
<section>
<title>DTD Suite</title>
<p>Input is written as XML according to one of the DTDs and output
is corresponding HTML. Documentation for an Erlang/OTP application
is usually organized as follows:</p>
<taglist>
<tag><em>User's Guide</em></tag>
<item>
<p>(DTD:
<seealso marker="user_guide_dtds#partDTD">part</seealso>)
A collection of chapters
(<seealso marker="user_guide_dtds#chapterDTD">chapter</seealso>).
</p>
</item>
<tag><em>Reference Manual</em></tag>
<item>
<p>(DTD:
<seealso marker="refman_dtds#applicationDTD">application</seealso>
A collection of manual pages for modules
(<seealso marker="refman_dtds#erlrefDTD">erlref</seealso>),
applications
(<seealso marker="refman_dtds#apprefDTD">appref</seealso>),
commands
(<seealso marker="refman_dtds#comrefDTD">comref</seealso>),
C libraries
(<seealso marker="refman_dtds#crefDTD">cref</seealso>) and
files
(<seealso marker="refman_dtds#filerefDTD">fileref</seealso>).
</p>
</item>
<tag><em>Release Notes</em></tag>
<item>
<p>Same structure as the User's Guide.</p>
</item>
</taglist>
<p>In some cases, one or more of the User's Guide, Reference Manual
and Release Notes are omitted. Also, it is possible to use either
the <c>application</c> or <c>part</c> DTD to write other types
of documentation for the application.</p>
<p>The structure of the different documents and the meaning of the
tags are explained. There are numerous examples of documentation
source code.</p>
<p>For readability and simplicity, the examples have been kept as
short as possible. For an example of what the generated HTML
will look like, it is recommended to look at the documentation of
an OTP application.</p>
</section>
<section>
<title>Basic Tags</title>
<p>All DTDs in the OTP DTD suite share a basic set of tags.
An author can easily switch from one DTD to another and still use
the same basic tags. It is furthermore easy to copy pieces of
information from one document to another, even though they do not
use the same DTD.</p>
<p>The basic set of tags are divided into two categories:
<seealso marker="block_tags">block tags</seealso> and
<seealso marker="inline_tags">inline tags</seealso>. Block tags
typically define a separate block of information, like a
paragraph or a list. Inline tags are typically used within block
tags, for example a highlighted word within a paragraph.</p>
</section>
</chapter>
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