`<ph>`

A phrase is a small group of words that stand together as a unit, typically forming a component of a clause.

Usage information

The <ph> element often is used to enclose a phrase for reuse or conditional processing.

The <ph> element frequently is used as a specialization base, to create phrase-level markup that can provide additional semantic meaning or trigger specific processing or formatting. For example, all highlighting domain elements are specializations of <ph>.

Content model

Contained by

<abstract>, <alt>, <b>, <bodydiv>, <cite>, <consequence>, <data>, <dd>, <ddhd>, <desc>, <div>, <draft-comment>, <dt>, <dthd>, <em>, <entry>, <example>, <fallback>, <figgroup>, <fn>, <howtoavoid>, <i>, <index-see>, <index-see-also>, <indexterm>, <li>, <line-through>, <lines>, <linkinfo>, <linktext>, <linktitle>, <lq>, <navtitle>, <note>, <overline>, <p>, <ph>, <pre>, <q>, <searchtitle>, <section>, <shortdesc>, <sli>, <source>, <stentry>, <strong>, <sub>, <subtitle>, <sup>, <title>, <titlealt>, <titlehint>, <tt>, <typeofhazard>, <u>, <xref>

Zero or more of the following

Contained by

Inheritance

- topic/ph

The <ph> element is a base element type. It is defined in the topic module.

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and @keyref.

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and the attributes defined below.

@keyref: Specifies a key name that acts as a redirectable reference based on a key definition within a map. See The keyref attribute for information on using this attribute.

Example

This section is non-normative.

The following code sample shows <ph> elements that are used for conditional processing:

<p>The Style menu is the <ph product="Software1000"/>third item</ph>
<ph product="Software9000"/>fourth item</ph> from the left on the menu bar.</p>