The <prolog> element contains information about the topic as an whole (for example, author information or subject category) that is either entered by the author or machine-maintained. Much of the metadata inside the <prolog> will not be displayed with the topic on output, but may be used by processes that generate search indexes or customize navigation.
( (author) (any number) then (source) (optional) then (publisher) (optional) then (copyright) (any number) then (critdates) (optional) then (permissions) (optional) then (metadata) (any number) then (resourceid) (any number) )
Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required? |
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%global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described at global-atts | parameter entity | PE not applicable | Not applicable |
class | Not for use by authors. If an editor displays class attribute values, do not edit them. The class attribute supports specialization. Its predefined values help the output transforms work correctly with ranges of related content. | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No |
<prolog> <metadata> <audience type="user" job="using" experiencelevel="novice"/> </metadata> </prolog>