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Appendix A
Glossary of Structured Terms
Ancestors
In the element hierarchy, all elements that are above
Attributes
Additional information used to describe an element
such as a list or graphic reference number
Child elements
Elements that are containing by or subordinate to a
higher element.
CSS
An abbreviation for cascading style sheet.
Descendants
In the element hierarchy, all elements that are
subordinate to a parent element
DTD
An abbreviation for Document Type Definition, which
defines the markup rules used for a given type of
structured document.
EDD
An abbreviation for Element Definition Document, a
document that contains element definitions.
Element
A structural unit of a document
Element boundaries
Square brackets in the document window that mark
where each element begins and ends.
Element boundaries as tags
Arrow heads with element names in the document that
mark where each element begins and ends.
Element bubbles
Rectangular “bubble” shapes in the Structure View that
contain the name of an element. The vertical and
horizontal connecting lines show how bubbles are
related
Element Catalog
A collection of element types defined for a document.
As you enter elements, the Element Catalog lists the
element you can use at the current location.
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