span

If a section of text needs to be identified and retrieved by an ID value, it should be tagged as span. This will usually be used in addresses or legends where occasionally a section of the element needs to be retrieved, rather than the complete element.

Attributes

View span's attributes

Content model

View span's content model

Sub-elements

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accent -- a structure denoting a character and and accent mark (%formatting;)
alternativeformat -- a text string in an alternative format (%formatting;)
b -- bold text (%formatting;)
br -- line break (%formatting;)
externallink -- a link out of a document
fill -- fill with multiple characters
font -- a change of font (%formatting;)
formula -- a mathematical formula
highlight -- highlighted text (%formatting;)
i -- italic text (%formatting;)
link -- a link to another part of a document e.g. to a figure, affiliation or heading ID value
number -- text denoting the number of a reference, formula, figure legend, list, footnote, affiliation or similar labels (%formatting;)
object -- a non-XML item which is part of the document (e.g. a figure)
openface -- denotes text in an openface font (%formatting;)
overline -- denotes a line over text (%formatting;)
related -- a file or document related to the current document
roman -- text in a roman font (%formatting;)
sansserif -- text in a sans serif font (%formatting;)
scriptface -- text in a script font (%formatting;)
slanted -- text in a slanted font (%formatting;)
smallcapitals -- text in small capitals (%formatting;)
softbr -- a soft line break (%formatting;)
span -- a span of text (%formatting;)
strike -- strikethrough text (%formatting;)
sub -- subscript text (%formatting;)
sup -- superscript (%formatting;)
symbol -- used in entity lists for BSL XSL purposes (%formatting;)
tt -- typewriter/monospaced font (%formatting;)
u -- underline (%formatting;)
uu -- double-underline (%formatting;)
x -- punctuation or significant white space (%formatting;)

Parent elements

abstractinfo -- bibliographic information given e.g. before or after an abstract
ac -- the accented character in an accent construction
accolade -- a brace spanning table rows
address -- an author's or other address
alternativeformat -- a text string in an alternative format (%formatting;)
am -- the accent mark in an accent construction
answer -- the answer in a question and answer section ('questiongroup')
b -- bold text (%formatting;)
bindinggroup -- BPS field
bookdetails -- book details
building -- part of address denoting a building
city -- part of address denoting a city
comment -- a comment inserted in a document for e.g. author or typesetter
contents -- the contents of a book (BPS) or a table of contents in a document e.g. of headings
copyright -- the copyright holder of content or an object
corporatename -- a company or group of people
correspondent -- the adddressee for correspondence about an article or document
country -- part of address denoting country
date -- a date
definition -- the definition of a term in a definitionpair
division -- information denoting which publishing division owns a document
documentid -- an ID for a document
edition -- the edition of either the content, a reference or book details (BPS)
entry -- an entry in a table row
etal -- text denoting 'et al.' or similar in a reference
event -- an event e.g. in a list of events
externallink -- a link out of a document
fax -- a fax number e.g. in an address
feedback -- feedback relating to an answer in an answergroup
font -- a change of font (%formatting;)
forenames -- a person's forenames (given names)
fullname -- the complete name of an author etc.
genesequence -- a string of text denoting a gene sequence
heading -- a heading in a document section
highlight -- highlighted text (%formatting;)
hint -- a hint associated with a question
i -- italic text (%formatting;)
imprint -- the publisher's imprint associated with a book (BPS)
inpress -- text denoting that a reference was 'in press' at the time of the article's publication
institution -- part of an address denoting an institution
issue -- the issue to which a reference or document belongs
keyword -- a keyword in a keyword group or index entry
layeredtext -- text in a legend associated with a particular image part
link -- a link to another part of a document e.g. to a figure, affiliation or heading ID value
miscellaneoustext -- text for which a more suitable tag isn't available in an author's details or a reference etc.
nametitle -- a title in a name ('Mrs', 'Sir', 'Dr', 'Professor' etc.)
newspaper -- a newspaper title in a reference
number -- text denoting the number of a reference, formula, figure legend, list, footnote, affiliation or similar labels (%formatting;)
office -- the office to which a document belongs
openface -- denotes text in an openface font (%formatting;)
overline -- denotes a line over text (%formatting;)
p -- a paragraph
page -- a page number
parameter -- a parameter associated with a file
pedigree -- an author's pedigree or lineage (e.g. 'Jr' or 'III')
price -- the price of something, usually a book
publisher -- the publisher of a document or referenced item
qualifications -- a person's qualifications (e.g. 'PhD')
question -- a question in a question group
rating -- a rating assigned to a document
readership -- details of the readership at which a document is aimed
roles -- an author's role (e.g. 'Chairman of ...')
roman -- text in a roman font (%formatting;)
room -- part of an address denoting a room
runninghead -- text printed at the top or foot of each page
sansserif -- text in a sans serif font (%formatting;)
scriptface -- text in a script font (%formatting;)
shortlegend -- a short version of a legend; often displayed in bold
simplemath -- math using simple non-MathML markup (subscript and superscript characters)
slanted -- text in a slanted font (%formatting;)
smallcapitals -- text in small capitals (%formatting;)
source -- the source of a quotation
span -- a span of text (%formatting;)
state -- part of an address denoting a US state
street -- part of an address denoting a street
strike -- strikethrough text (%formatting;)
sub -- subscript text (%formatting;)
subject -- the subject of a book, document or an entry in a subject index
sup -- superscript (%formatting;)
supplement -- text denoting that a document or reference belongs to a supplement
surname -- a person's surname (family name)
surnameprefix -- the prefix to a surname (e.g. 'von' in 'von Trapp')
tel -- a telephone number
term -- part of a definition pair
thesis -- text in a reference denoting a thesis
title -- the title of a document, book or journal etc.
tocheading -- a heading in a table of contents
trackinghistory -- dates associated with the production of a document
translated -- text denoting that a reference is to a translated version of an article
tt -- typewriter/monospaced font (%formatting;)
u -- underline (%formatting;)
uu -- double-underline (%formatting;)
volume -- a volume number
x -- punctuation or significant white space (%formatting;)
zip -- part of an address denoting a zip code

Created: Tue Dec 23 14:02:01 2003