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<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
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<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>part</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>part</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>part</refname>
<refpurpose>&part.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

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

<para>
<sgmltag>Part</sgmltag>s segment a book into divisions.  Each division can
contain a number of component-level elements, such as <sgmltag>Chapter</sgmltag>s.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.block; <sgmltag>Part</sgmltag>s almost always introduce a forced page
break.  Sometimes starts on the next recto page.
Frequently, they also produce a part separator page, on which may
be printed the content of the <sgmltag>PartIntro</sgmltag>.
</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>
In DocBook <acronym>V4.0</acronym>, the <sgmltag>ToC</sgmltag> element in the content model
will be replaced by <sgmltag>TocChap</sgmltag>.
</para>
</refsect2>


&part.parents.gen;
&part.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.attrdesc'><title>Attributes</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>label</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<sgmltag class='attribute'>Label</sgmltag> specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes. The first <sgmltag>Part</sgmltag> in a 
<sgmltag>Book</sgmltag> might be labeled <quote>Part I</quote>, for example.
</para>
<para>
Generally, an explicit <sgmltag class='attribute'>Label</sgmltag> attribute is
used only if the processing system is incapable of generating the label
automatically. If present, the <sgmltag class='attribute'>Label</sgmltag> 
is normative; it will used even
if the processing system is capable of automatic labelling.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>status</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<sgmltag class="attribute">Status</sgmltag> identifies the editorial or publication 
status of the <sgmltag>Part</sgmltag>.
</para>
<para>
Publication status might be used to control formatting (for example,
printing a <quote>draft</quote> watermark on drafts) or processing (perhaps
a document with a status of <quote>final</quote> should not include any
components that are not final).
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&part.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

<para>
The following example comes from <citetitle>Java in a Nutshell</citetitle>:
</para>

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

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

