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A d d i n g o r m o d i f y i n g r u l e s i n a c o n v e r s i o n t a b l e
For example:
Wrap this object
TB:RulesBody
TE:E:RulesBody
Most often, you wrap multiple elements together in one parent. You can use E: or TE: to
identify a sequence of elements for this. For more information, see "Identifying a sequence
to wrap," next. For more information on qualifiers, see "Using a qualifier with an element"
on page 480.
Identifying a sequence to wrap
You can wrap a sequence of child elements in a parent element. For example, you might
wrap a Head element followed by one or more Paragraph and List elements in a higher-
level Section.
You can also wrap a sequence of unwrapped paragraphs in an element. For example, you
might wrap a sequence of paragraphs with the format tag Body all in one Note element.
(With other unwrapped document objects such as tables, graphics, and text ranges, you
can wrap only one object in an element.)
To identify a sequence to wrap, specify object type identifiers and element tags or
paragraph format tags, and use symbols to further describe the sequence. You can mix
elements and unwrapped paragraphs together in one specification.
These are the symbols you can use:
Symbol
Plus sign (+)
Question mark (?)
Asterisk (*)
Comma (,)
Ampersand (&)
Vertical bar (|)
Parentheses
The symbols available are the same connectors, occurrence indicators, and parentheses
used in general rules in an EDD. For more information on the symbols, see "Writing an EDD
general rule" on page 111.
Conversion Tables for Adding Structure to Documents
In this element
RulesBody
RulesTbl
Meaning
Item is required and can occur more than once.
Item is optional and can occur once.
(SGML only) Item is optional and can occur more than once.
Items must occur in the order given.
Items can occur in any order.
Any one of the items in the sequence can occur.
Beginning and end of a sequence.
This rule wraps RulesBody
table child elements in a
RulesTbl table element.
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