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

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

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

<para>
Some documents, usually legacy documents, use headings that are
not tied to the normal sectional hieararchy.
These headings may be
represented in DocBook with the <sgmltag>BridgeHead</sgmltag> element.  
</para>

<para>
<sgmltag>BridgeHead</sgmltag>s may also be useful in fiction or journalistic 
works that don't have a nested hierarchy.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
A <sgmltag>BridgeHead</sgmltag> is formatted as a block, using the same
display properties as the section heading which it
masquerades as.  The <sgmltag class="attribute">RenderAs</sgmltag>
attribute controls which heading it mimics.
</para>
</refsect2>

<refsect2 role='fu' revision="4.0"><title>&FutureChanges;</title>
<para>
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&fu.interfacedefinition;
</para>
</refsect2>


&bridgehead.parents.gen;
&bridgehead.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.attrdesc'><title>Attributes</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>renderas</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The <sgmltag class="attribute">RenderAs</sgmltag> attribute identifies how the
<sgmltag>BridgeHead</sgmltag> should be rendered. In this way, a
<sgmltag>BridgeHead</sgmltag> can be made to appear as a <sgmltag>Sect1</sgmltag>,
for example.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&bridgehead.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

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

