DocBook lists are very similar to their counterparts in HTML except that DocBook contains several more types of lists for specialized purposes.
The tags covered in this chapter are listed below.
| simplelist - List of single words or short phrases |
| member - Member of a simplelist |
| itemizedlist - List in which each entry is marked with a bullet, dash, or other dingbat |
| listitem - Wrapper for the elements of items in an itemizedlist or orderedlist |
| orderedlist - List in which each entry is marked with a sequentially incremented label |
| variablelist - List in which each entry is composed of sets of one or more terms with associated listitems |
| varlistentry - Wrapper for term and its associated listitem in a variablelist |
| term - Hanging term attached to a listitem within a varlistentry in a variablelist |
| segmentedlist - List of sets of information |
| segtitle - Title that pertains to one seg in each seglistitem |
| seglistitem - List item in a segmentedlist |
| seg - Component of a segmentedlist |
| qandaset - A question-and-answer set |
| qandaentry - A question/answer set within a qandaset |
| question - A question in a qandaset |
| answer - An answer to a question posed in a qandaset |
| procedure - List of operations to be performed |
| step - Part of a procedure |
| substeps - Wrapper for steps within steps |
The easiest of all the lists to use is the simplelist. It is designed for lists of short phrases (like a grocery list) and only requires two tags for building the list as you can see in the example below. The <member> tag can only contain inline content, so a simplelist cannot contain other lists.
Example 6-1. A simplelist
<simplelist> <member>Apples</member> <member>Oranges</member> <member>Bananas</member> <member>Grapefruit</member> <member>Black Beans</member> </simplelist>
When converted, a simplelist will look something like this:
| Apples |
| Oranges |
| Bananas |
| Grapefruit |
| Black Beans |