<preface>
The <preface> element references a topic or map containing
introductory information about a book, such as the purpose and structure of the document.
Content models
See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
Inheritance
- map/topicref bookmap/preface
Example
See the example in bookmap.
Attributes
The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, Link relationship attribute group (with a narrowed definition of @href,
given below), Attributes common to many map elements, @navtitle and @copy-to
from Topicref element attributes group, outputclass, and @keyref.
@href- A pointer to the resource represented by the
<topicref>. See The href attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications. References to DITA content cannot be below the topic level: that is, you cannot reference individual elements inside a topic. References to content other than DITA topics should use the@formatattribute to identify the kind of resource being referenced.