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

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

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

<para>
Inline markup identifying an email address.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.inline;  <sgmltag>Email</sgmltag> may generate surrounding punctuation,
such as angle brackets.  This is an interchange issue. See
<xref linkend="app-interchange"/>.
</para>
<para>
In some processing environments, <sgmltag>Email</sgmltag> may automatically generate
a hypertext link (a <literal>mailto:</literal> <acronym>URL</acronym>).
</para>
<para>
In an <sgmltag>Address</sgmltag>,
this element may inherit the verbatim qualities of an address.
</para>
</refsect2>


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

</refentry>

