application

application — The name of a software program

Synopsis

application ::= [-]

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

  • class (enumeration)
    • “hardware”
    • “software”

Description

The appelation “application” is usually reserved for larger software packages—WordPerfect, for example, but not grep. In some domains, application may also apply to a piece of hardware.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

class

Identifies the class of application

Enumerated values:
“hardware”

A hardware application

“software”

A software application

Children

The following elements occur in application: text, alt, anchor, annotation, biblioref, indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), remark, replaceable, subscript, superscript, xref.

See Also

database, filename, hardware, productname

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example application</title>

<para><application>Word Perfect</application> is one of several word
processors to claim support for <acronym>SGML</acronym>.
</para>

</article>

Word Perfect is one of several word processors to claim support for SGML.

ChangeLog

This alpha reference page is $Revision: 7120 $ published Sun, 22 Jul 2007.