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Element aphorism

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

(#PCDATA|%inline;|caption)*

Attributes

NameTypeDefault Value
style CDATA None
class CDATA None
xml:lang NMTOKEN None
id ID None

Description

Embraces a little witty quote for the beginning of a chapter. <caption> contains the origin, typically the name of a more or less famous person. There must be up to one <caption> and it must come last within <aphorism>.

Parents

chapter

Children

caption, ch, cite, em, footnote, graphics, hspace, idx, indexsee, ix, latex, m, math, mathref, pageref, ref, relax, unit, url, verb, visual, vref, wrap

Example

<aphorism>“Fourty-two,” said Deep Thought with infinite majesty and calm.
  <caption>Douglas Adams, 
    <em>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</em></caption></aphorism>

It yields:

“Fourty-two,” said Deep Thought with infinite majesty and calm.
—Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


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