The HTML Writers Guild

book frontmatter DTD

This section contains notes on the element content of frontmatter.

The 'frontmatter' element

Here is the illustration of the content once more.

And here is the element declaration.

<!ELEMENT frontmatter (htitlepage|copypage|epigraph|titlepage|toc|acksect|
                   dedication|preface|introduction|miscfm)*>

htitlepage

The modern half-title page usually just contains a title, but older pages contained other material, and this declaration allows for this fact

htitlepage element declaration

<!ELEMENT htitlepage (#PCDATA|title|subtitle|author %inline.class;)*>

copypage

The modern copy page contains a plethora of information. Older books from a less legalistic time often ommit this page.

copypage element declaration

<!ELEMENT copypage (#PCDATA|para|note %inline.class;)*>

epigraph

This page usually contained one or two apt quotations, and sometimes some other notes.

epigraph element declaration

<!ELEMENT epigraph (#PCDATA|para|note|blockquote %inline.class;)*>

titlepage

This page contains the title, the author(s),subtitles, and often publishing information.

titlepage element declaration

<ELEMENT titlepage (#PCDATA|title|subtitle|author|
                            pubinfo|para|note %inline.class;)*>

toc

There are several different types of table of contnts, and gutbook distinguishs them by using an attribute. The default is toctype="contents". If the value is given as "other", use either the role or the type attribute to define it.

toc element and attribute declarations

<!ELEMENT toc (#PCDATA|title|item|list|deflist %inline.class;)*>
<!--use type or role to describe toctype="other"-->
<!ATTLIST toc
  toctype (contents|maps|graphics|tables|other) "contents" 
  %stdatts;
>

acksect and dedication

Acknowledgements often go in the preface, but some times they are seperate. A dedication is usualy on a seperate page.

acksect and dedication element declarations.

<!ELEMENT acksect (#PCDATA|para|note %inline.class;)*>

<!ELEMENT dedication (#PCDATA|para|note %inline.class;)*>

preface and introduction

These elements have the same content models as a chapter. A preface can have in formation about the preface author at the end.

preface and introduction element declarations.

<!ELEMENT preface ((title|chapheader)?,
          (para|sect1|simplesect %block.class;)*,endchap?,preauthor?)>

<!ELEMENT preface ((title|chapheader)?,
          (para|sect1|simplesect %block.class;)*,endchap?)>

miscfm

To be used if none of the above serves to describe the content

miscfm element declaration

<!ELEMENT miscfm (#PCDATA|para|note %inline.class;)*>