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

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>html:form</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>html:form</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>html:form</refname>
<refpurpose>&html-form.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv><title>Synopsis</title>

<para>If the <link linkend="htmlforms.module">HTML Forms Module</link>
is used, <sgmltag>html:form</sgmltag>
elements can be used in most of the places where <sgmltag>para</sgmltag>
can be used.</para>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para><ulink url="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic/">XHTML</ulink>
defines a <sgmltag>html:form</sgmltag> element that can be used to
add interactivity to web pages. The HTML Forms Module for DocBook
allows <sgmltag>html:form</sgmltag> elements to be used in DocBook
documents.</para>

<para>A complete description of XHTML is outside the scope of this
reference.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

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

&html-form.example.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>

</refentry>
