A paragraph of text.
Paragraphs mainly contain text, but can also contain inline graphic elements. See <graphic> for more information on inline graphic elements.
In addition, parts of the paragraph's text can be marked as emphasized, strong, superscript, or subscript. See <emph>, <strong>, <sup>, and <sub> for more information.
No attributes other than standard attributes are defined for <para> elements.
<para> elements may contain text, interleaved with the following immediate descendants.
Element name | Description |
---|---|
<emph> | A emphasized span of text within a paragraph. |
<graphic> | An inline graphic within the paragraph text. |
<span> | A span of text within a paragraph. |
<strong> | A strongly highlighted span of text within a paragraph. |
<sub> | A subscript span of text within a paragraph. |
<sup> | A superscript span of text within a paragraph. |
Element name | Relation |
---|---|
<cell> | An enclosing cell in a table header or body. |
<chapter> | An enclosing chapter. |
<entry> | An enclosing entry in a list. |
<section> | An enclosing section. |
<document xmlns="http://boradoc.org/1.0"> <chapter> <para>Hello World!</para> <para> The <emph>second</emph> word in this sentence is emphasized. </para> <para> The third <strong>word</strong> in this sentence is rendered more heavily. </para> <para> This paragraph contains a graphical <graphic url="images/open-book.jpg" width="7%" /> image. </para> <para> This <ref url="reference/para">link</ref> links to the paragraph documentation. </para> <para> E = mc <sup>2</sup> . </para> <para> A <sub>1</sub> , A <sub>2</sub> , A <sub>3</sub> , A <sub>4</sub> . </para> </chapter> </document>
The above BDML renders to the following:
Hello World!
The second word in this sentence is emphasized.
The third word in this sentence is rendered more heavily.
This paragraph contains a graphical image.
This link links to the paragraph documentation.
E = mc2.
A1, A2, A3, A4.