<data-about>
The <data-about>
element identifies the subject of a property when
the subject isn't associated with the context in which the property is specified. The
property itself is expressed by the <data>
element. The
<data-about>
element handles exception cases where a property
must be expressed somewhere other than inside the actual subject of the property. The
<data-about>
element is particularly useful as a basis for
specialization in combination with the <data>
element.
<data-about>
element to identify the
object of a property. The @href
attribute of the
<data>
element serves that purpose.See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
- topic/data-about
The full properties of a cited book can be maintained conveniently in the
<prolog>
:
<topic id="questions">
<title>Questions and answers</title>
<prolog>
<data-about href="urn:isbn:0156983508" scope="external">
<data name="title">The World Doesn't End</data>
<data name="author">
<data name="firstname">Charles</data>
<data name="lastname">Simic</data>
</data>
<data name="published" datatype="year">1989</data>
<!-- ... -->
</data-about>
<!-- ... -->
</prolog>
<body>
<!-- ... -->
<lq href="urn:isbn:0156983508">In a forest of question marks ...
</lq>
<!-- ... -->
</body>
</topic>
The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, Link relationship attribute group, and outputclass