Type of content contained in the <preformat> element (for example, shape poetry, ASCII art, hand-created tabulations using tabs and spaces, etc.).
Many journal tag sets make distinctions among different types of preformatted text (some by means of attributes, others with distinct elements). In this Tag Set, there are two elements to handle preformatted material:
the <code> to hold computer programs, tagged XML documents, samples of XML DTDs or schemas, etc., and the
<preformat> element, which contains non-code material such as ASCII art, man-machine dialogs, tabular material made with tabs and whitespace, and formatted poetry.
. The distinctions between different types of preformatted text can be preserved using
the @preformat-type attribute, for example, by recording the
content type of the text, such as ascii-art
.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Text, numbers, or special characters | A word or phrase that describes the content or names the type of content
for the <preformat> element, for
example, man-machinefor a man-machine dialog interaction or poetryfor an e.e.cummings formatted textual poem. |