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

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

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

<para>
An <sgmltag>Epigraph</sgmltag> is a short inscription, often a quotation or poem, set at the
beginning of a document or component.  Epigraphs are usually related
somehow to the content that follows them and may help set the tone for
the component.
</para>

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

<refsect2 role='fu' revision="4.0"><title>&FutureChanges;</title>
<para>
<indexterm><primary>DocBook DTD</primary><secondary>Changes for <acronym>V4.0</acronym></secondary>
</indexterm>
<sgmltag>Epigraph</sgmltag> will not be allowed in <sgmltag>BlockQuote</sgmltag> in
DocBook <acronym>V4.0</acronym>.
</para>
</refsect2>


&epigraph.parents.gen;
&epigraph.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&epigraph.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

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

