syntaxdiagram

The syntax diagram (<syntaxdiagram>) element is the main container for all the syntax elements that make up a syntax definition. The syntax diagram represents the syntax of a statement from a computer language, or a command, function call or programming language statement. Traditionally, the syntax diagram is formatted with "railroad tracks" that connect the units of the syntax together, but this presentation may differ depending on the output media. The syntax diagram element is part of the DITA programming domain, a special set of DITA elements designed to document programming tasks, concepts and reference information.

Example

<syntaxdiagram>
 <title>CopyFile</title>
 <groupseq><kwd>COPYF</kwd></groupseq>
 <groupcomp><var>input-filename</var><kwd>*INFILE</kwd></groupcomp>
 <groupseq><var>output-filename</var><kwd>*OUTFILE</kwd></groupseq>
 <groupchoice> <var>input-filename</var> <kwd>*INFILE</kwd></groupchoice>
 <groupchoice> <var>output-filename</var> <kwd>*OUTFILE</kwd></groupchoice>
</syntaxdiagram>

Contains

Doctype	Content model
ditabase, topic, task, reference, concept, glossary	( ( title) (optional) then ( groupseq or groupchoice or groupcomp or fragref or fragment or synblk or synnote or synnoteref) (any number) )

Contained by

Doctype	Parents
ditabase	p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, section, example, conbody, prereq, context, info, tutorialinfo, stepxmp, choice, choptionhd, chdeschd, choption, chdesc, stepresult, result, postreq, refsyn, proptypehd, propvaluehd, propdeschd, glossdef, pd
topic	p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, section, example, pd
task	p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, section, example, prereq, context, info, tutorialinfo, stepxmp, choice, choptionhd, chdeschd, choption, chdesc, stepresult, result, postreq, pd
concept	p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, section, example, conbody, pd
reference	p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, section, example, refsyn, proptypehd, propvaluehd, propdeschd, pd
glossary	p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, section, example, conbody, glossdef, pd

Inheritance:

+ topic/fig pr-d/syntaxdiagram

Attributes

Name	Description	Data Type	Default Value	Required?
%display-atts; (scale, frame, expanse)	A set of related attributes, described at %display-atts;	parameter entity	PE not applicable	Not applicable
%univ-atts; (%select-atts;, %id-atts;, %localization-atts;)	A set of related attributes, described at %univ-atts;	parameter entity	PE not applicable	Not applicable
%global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc)	A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts;	parameter entity	PE not applicable	Not applicable
class, outputclass	Common attributes described in Other common DITA attributes