Re: [docbook-apps] Getting a list of Docbook Block Level elements --can the following xpath gather a block-level list from the xsd?

[Richard Hamilton <hamilton@xmlpress.net>]

Alex,

I don't think that this xpath will do what you want, since many inlines allow other inlines as child elements.

I suggest checking out the DocBook Definitive Guide, which has a section titled: "Logical Divisions: The Categories of Elements in DocBook," which lists the Block and Inline elements.

The Definitive Guide can be found online at:

http://docbook.org/tdg/en/html/docbook.html

Best Regards,
Richard Hamilton
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On Jan 6, 2012, at 3:04 AM, Alex Muir wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've been googling now for a while trying to get a complete list of block-level elements for docbook but thus far haven't found it easy to come across. Anyone know what the list is or where to find it?
> 
> Would the following xpath get all the block-level elements from the docbook.xsd or is it too inclusive?
> 
> //xs:element[exists(descendant::xs:element)]/@name
> 
> I just went on the assumption that a block level element would have another element with it however I'm not familiar enough with docbook to know if the resulting list which clearly contains a lot of block-level elements is accurate.
> 
> Regards
> 
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