<refentry id="production.element" revision='EBNF'>
<?dbhtml filename="production.html"?>
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

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

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

<para>This element is only available if you are using the
<link linkend="ebnf.module">EBNF Module</link>.</para>

<para>A <sgmltag>Production</sgmltag> is single production in an
<glossterm>Extended Backus-Naur Form</glossterm> (EBNF) grammar.</para>

<para>Individual productions have two parts, a left hand side
(<sgmltag>lhs</sgmltag>) and a right hand side
(<sgmltag>rhs</sgmltag>). Each <sgmltag>NonTerminal</sgmltag>
on the left hand side is defined in terms of other
non-terminals and literals on the right hand side.</para>


&production.parents.gen;
&production.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

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

