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Answer ::= (Label?, (CalloutList|GlossList|ItemizedList|OrderedList|SegmentedList| SimpleList|VariableList|LiteralLayout|ProgramListing| ProgramListingCO|Screen|ScreenCO|ScreenShot|Synopsis| CmdSynopsis|FuncSynopsis|FormalPara|Para|SimPara|Address| BlockQuote|Graphic|GraphicCO|MediaObject|MediaObjectCO| InformalEquation|InformalExample|InformalFigure|InformalTable| Equation|Example|Figure|Table|Procedure|Anchor|BridgeHead| Comment|Highlights|IndexTerm)*, QandAEntry*)
Common attributes
Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.
Within a QandAEntry, a Question may have an Answer. An Answer is optional (some questions have no answers) and may be repeated (some questions have more than one answer).
Answers are frequently introduced with a label, such as "A:". Several attributes control the generation of the label text.
If the DefaultLabel attribute on the nearest ancestor QandASet is not Label, then the Label element on Answer is ignored. Otherwise, the content of the Label element is used as the label for the Answer.
These elements contain Answer: QandAEntry.
The following elements occur in Answer: Address, Anchor, BlockQuote, BridgeHead, CalloutList, CmdSynopsis, Comment, Equation, Example, Figure, FormalPara, FuncSynopsis, GlossList, Graphic, GraphicCO, Highlights, IndexTerm, InformalEquation, InformalExample, InformalFigure, InformalTable, ItemizedList, Label, LiteralLayout, MediaObject, MediaObjectCO, OrderedList, Para, Procedure, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, QandAEntry, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, SegmentedList, SimPara, SimpleList, Synopsis, Table, VariableList.
In some contexts, the following elements are allowed anywhere: BeginPage, IndexTerm.
In some contexts, the following elements are excluded: Equation, Example, Figure, IndexTerm, InformalTable, Table.
For examples, see QandASet.
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