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<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

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

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

<para>
A <sgmltag>Set</sgmltag> is a collection of <sgmltag>Book</sgmltag>s. Placing multiple
<sgmltag>Book</sgmltag>s in a <sgmltag>Set</sgmltag>, as opposed to publishing each
of them separately, has the advantage that ID/IDREF links can then
be used across all books.
</para>
<para>
<sgmltag>Set</sgmltag> is the very top of the DocBook structural hierarchy.
There's nothing that contains a <sgmltag>Set</sgmltag>.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.block; A <sgmltag>Set</sgmltag> may generate additional front and back
matter (tables of contents and <sgmltag>SetIndex</sgmltag>s, for example) around
the <sgmltag>Book</sgmltag>s it contains.
</para>
</refsect2>



&set.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.attrdesc'><title>Attributes</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>fpi</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<sgmltag class="attribute">FPI</sgmltag> holds the Formal Public Identifier for
the <sgmltag>Set</sgmltag>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>status</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<sgmltag class="attribute">Status</sgmltag> identifies the editorial or publication 
status of the <sgmltag>Set</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 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&set.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

<informalexample role="example-source">
<programlisting>&set.example.1.txt;</programlisting>
</informalexample>

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

