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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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<revision version="0.1" date="2009-05-28" status="review"/>
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<year>2008-2009</year>
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
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<desc>Create a simple paragraph of text.</desc>
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<title>Paragraphs</title>
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<synopsis><code mime="application/relax-ng-compact-syntax">
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mal_block_p = element p {
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attribute style { xsd:NMTOKENS } ?,
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attribute * - (mal:* | local:*) { text } *,
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<link xref="mal_inline">mal_inline</link>
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<p>The most basic block-level element in Mallard is the <code>p</code>
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element. The <code>p</code> element creates a paragraph in the formatted
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<item><p>The <code>p</code> element can contain a mixture of text and
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any <link xref="mal_inline">general inline elements</link>.</p></item>
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<item><p>The <code>p</code> element can occur in any
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general block context, including inside
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<link xref="mal_page">pages</link>, <link xref="mal_section">sections</link>,
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and certain <link xref="mal_block">block elements</link>.</p></item>
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<item><p>The <code>style</code> attribute takes a space-separated list of
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style hints. Processing tools should adjust their behavior according to
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those style hints they understand.</p></item>
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<item><p>The <code>p</code> element can have attributes from external
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namespaces. See <link xref="mal_external"/> for more information
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on external-namespace attributes.</p></item>
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<!-- BEGIN examples -->
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<section id="examples">
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<title>Examples</title>
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<p>Create a simple paragraph:</p>
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<p>The most basic block-level element in Mallard is the <code>p</code>
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element. The <code>p</code> element creates a paragraph in the formatted
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<p>The most basic block-level element in Mallard is the <code>p</code>
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element. The <code>p</code> element creates a paragraph in the formatted
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<!-- BEGIN processing -->
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<section id="processing">
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<title>Processing Expectations</title>
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<p>Paragraphs are displayed as block elements, with their child elements
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interpreted as inline elements. In on-screen media, paragraphs generally
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have padding above and below them to separate them from the surrounding
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block content. In print media, the first line of each paragraph has
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traditionally been indented.</p>
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<!-- END processing -->
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<!-- BEGIN docbook -->
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<section id="docbook">
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<title>Comparison to DocBook</title>
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<p>The <code>p</code> element in Mallard appears to be equivalent to to the
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<code href="http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/para.html">para</code> element
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in DocBook. While both elements create a paragraph in the formatted output,
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the <code>p</code> element in Mallard is actually much more restrictive, as it
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does not permit nested block content. In this regard, it is actaully similar
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to the <code href="http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/simpara.html">simpara</code>
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element in DocBook.</p>
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