3.2.6.2.18 synblk

The syntax block (<synblk>) element organizes small pieces of a syntax definition into a larger piece. This element is part of the DITA programming domain, a special set of DITA elements designed to document programming tasks, concepts, and reference information.

Contains

Note: These models represent only the default document types distributed by OASIS. Actual content models will differ with each new document type.
Doctype Content model
topic (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task ( (title) (optional) then (fragment or fragref or groupchoice or groupcomp or groupseq or synnote or synnoteref) (any number) )

Contained by

Doctype Content model
topic (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task (strict), task (general) syntaxdiagram

Inheritance

+ topic/figgroup pr-d/synblk

Example

<synblk>
<groupseq><kwd>this</kwd><sep>-</sep><kwd>is</kwd><sep>-</sep><kwd>a</kwd>
<sep>-</sep><var>test</var></groupseq>
</synblk>

Attributes

Name Description Data Type Default Value Required?
univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts, and localization-atts groups) A set of related attributes, described in univ-atts attribute group      
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) A set of related attributes, described in global-atts attribute group      
class, outputclass Common attributes described in Other common DITA attributes      
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