The <frontmatter> element contains the material that
precedes the main body of a document. It may include items such as
an abstract, a preface, and various types of book lists such as a <toc>, <tablelist>,
or <figurelist>.
Contains
Note: These models represent only the default document types distributed by OASIS.
Actual content models will differ with each new document type.
Contained by
| Doctype |
Content model |
|---|
| bookmap, learningBookmap |
bookmap |
Inheritance
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map/topicref bookmap/frontmatter
Attributes
| Name |
Description |
Data Type |
Default Value |
Required? |
| query |
This attribute is deprecated. It may be removed in the
future. |
CDATA |
#IMPLIED |
No |
| topicref-atts attribute group (collection-type,
processing-role, type, scope, locktitle, format, linking, toc, print, search,
chunk) |
A set of related attributes. See
topicref-atts, topicref-atts-no-toc, and topicref-atts-without-format attribute groups. |
|
|
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| 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 |
|
|
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| class, outputclass, keyref |
Keyref provides a redirectable
reference based on a key defined within a map. See
The keyref attribute for information on
using this attribute. Class and
outputclass are described in
Other common DITA attributes |
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