<refentry id="refsect3.element">
<?dbhtml filename="refsect3.html"?>
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>refsect3</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>refsect3</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>refsect3</refname>
<refpurpose>&refsect3.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

&refsect3.synopsis.gen;
<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para>
A <sgmltag>RefSect3</sgmltag> is a third level section in a
<sgmltag>RefEntry</sgmltag>, analogous to a <sgmltag>Sect3</sgmltag> elsewhere
in the document. See <sgmltag>RefSect1</sgmltag>.
</para>

<para>
In DocBook, <sgmltag>RefSect3</sgmltag> is the lowest-level section allowed in a 
<sgmltag>RefEntry</sgmltag>.  There is no element analogous to a <sgmltag>Sect4</sgmltag>.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.block;
</para>
</refsect2>




&refsect3.parents.gen;
&refsect3.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.attrdesc'><title>Attributes</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>status</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<sgmltag class="attribute">Status</sgmltag> identifies the editorial or publication 
status of the <sgmltag>RefSect3</sgmltag>.
</para>
<para>
Publication status might be used to control formatting (for example,
printing a <quote>draft</quote> watermark on drafts) or processing (perhaps
a document with a status of <quote>final</quote> should not include any
components that are not final).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

<para>
See <sgmltag>RefSect1</sgmltag> and <sgmltag>RefSect2</sgmltag> in 
<sgmltag>RefEntry</sgmltag> for analogous examples.
</para>

&refsect3.example.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
</refentry>

