The syntax note (<synnote>) element contains a note (similar to a footnote) within a syntax definition group or fragment. The syntax note explains aspects of the syntax that cannot be expressed in the markup itself. The note will appear at the bottom of the syntax diagram instead of at the bottom of the page. This element is part of the DITA programming domain, a special set of DITA elements designed to document programming tasks, concepts, and reference information.
| Doctype | Content model |
|---|---|
| topic (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task | ( text data or boolean or cite or keyword or apiname or option or parmname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or ph or b or i or sup or sub or tt or u or codeph or synph or filepath or msgph or systemoutput or userinput or menucascade or uicontrol or q or term or abbreviated-form or tm or xref or state) (any number) |
| Doctype | Content model |
|---|---|
| topic (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task (strict), task (general) | syntaxdiagram, synblk, groupseq, groupchoice, groupcomp, fragment |
<groupcomp><var>one</var><var>two</var><var>three</var></groupcomp> <synnote>My first syntax note.</synnote>
| Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| callout | Specifies what character is used for the footnote link, for example a number or an alpha character. The attribute may also specify a short string of characters. When no callout value is specified, footnotes are numbered. | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No |
| 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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