<systemoutput>
The <systemoutput>
element represents computer output or responses
to a command or situation. A generalized element, it represents any kind of output from the
computer, so the author might want to choose more specific
markup, such as <msgph>
for messages from the application. The system
output element is part of the DITA software domain, a special set of DITA elements designed to
document software tasks, concepts and reference information.
Content models
See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
Inheritance
+ topic/ph sw-d/systemoutput
Example
<p>After you type <userinput>mealplan dinner</userinput>, the meal planning program
will print a <systemoutput>For what day?</systemoutput> message.
Reply by typing the day of the week for which you want a meal plan,
for example, <userinput>Thursday</userinput>.</p>
Attributes
The following attributes
are available on this element: Universal attribute group,
outputclass, and @keyref
.