<booklist>
The <booklist> element is a general purpose element, designed for
use in specializations, that references a topic or map containing a list of items
within the
book.
For
example, it could be used to reference a topic that contains a list of authors for
the book.
When a more specific element is already available, such as <tablelist>
for a list of tables, use that element instead.
Content models
See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
Inheritance
- map/topicref bookmap/booklist
Example
In this case the <booklist> element references a topic that contains a list of authors of topics in this document.
<booklists> <toc/> <tablelist/> <booklist href="authors.dita" navtitle="List of authors"/> </booklists>
Attributes
The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, Link relationship attribute group (with a narrowed definition of @href, given below), Attributes common to many map elements, @navtitle and @copy-to from Topicref element attributes group, @outputclass, and @keyref.
- @href
- References a manual listing for the current
element. See The @href attribute for detailed information on supported values
and processing implications. If no
@href is specified, processors can choose to generate
an appropriate listing for this element. All of
the book listings operate in a similar manner; for
example,
<toc href="toc.dita"/>references a topic which contains a manual table of contents, while<toc/>indicates that a processor should generate the table of contents.