<refentry id="package.element" revision="4.4">
<?dbhtml filename="package.html"?>

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

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

<para>The <sgmltag>package</sgmltag> element identifies things that
are, conceptually, “packages”. Examples include packages in the Java
language sense, <package>org.apache.xml.resolver</package>, and
packages in the software distribution sense,
<package role="debian">docbook-4.3-1.1.deb</package>.</para>
<para>The term “package” means different things in different contexts
and DocBook does not attempt to prescribe any particular meaning.</para>

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

&package.parents.gen;
&package.children.gen;

</refsect1>

</refentry>

