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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
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<link type="guide" xref="spec"/>
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<revision version="0.1" date="2009-04-16" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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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>Rich semantic elements for marking up inline content.</desc>
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<title>Inline Elements</title>
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<synopsis><code mime="application/relax-ng-compact-syntax">
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<link xref="mal_inline_app">mal_inline_app</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_cmd">mal_inline_cmd</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_code">mal_inline_code</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_em">mal_inline_em</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_file">mal_inline_file</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_gui">mal_inline_gui</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_guiseq">mal_inline_guiseq</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_input">mal_inline_input</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_key">mal_inline_key</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_keyseq">mal_inline_keyseq</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_link">mal_inline_link</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_media">mal_inline_media</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_output">mal_inline_output</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_span">mal_inline_span</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_sys">mal_inline_sys</link> *,
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<link xref="mal_inline_var">mal_inline_var</link> *,
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element * - (mal:* | local:*) { mal_inline } *
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<p>Mallard provides a small but rich set of semantic inline elements.
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The elements provided are culled from first-hand experience with software
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documentation and other document formats. The inline elements defined in
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this specification will serve most software documentation writers' needs
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<p>Authors, editors, or other content producers sometimes need to supply
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richer information in their documents. While this information may not
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be conveyed by display tools, it may be used for various internal tracking
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purposes. Mallard allows elements to be extended with attributes from
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external namespaces. See <link xref="mal_external"/> for more
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<p>Furthermore, Mallard allows elements from external namespaces to be
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used in any inline context. See <link xref="#processing"/> below for
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<!-- BEGIN elements -->
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<section id="elements" style="2column">
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<title type="link">Inline Elements</title>
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<title>Elements</title>
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<section id="processing">
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<title type="link">Inline Processing Instructions</title>
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<title>Processing Expectations</title>
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<p>Inline elements occur within block elements or other inline elements.
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Mallard never allows block elements within inline elements. Inline elements
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should never introduce a line break in the rendered output.</p>
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<p>Different inline elements may introduce different styling effects, such
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as font variations, text and background colors, and backgrounds. Generally,
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if a styling effect is set for a particular element, it is in effect for all
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descendant elements, unless explicitly overridden.</p>
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<p>Mallard allows elements from external namespaces to be used in any inline
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context. Processing tools may have special behavior for particular elements
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they understand. Otherwise, an unknown inline element should be processed
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as if it were replaced by its child content.</p>
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