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# qandaset

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qandaset — A question-and-answer set

## Synopsis

### Content Model

    qandaset ::=
    (blockinfo?,
     (title,titleabbrev?)?,
     (calloutlist|glosslist|bibliolist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|
      segmentedlist|simplelist|variablelist|caution|important|note|
      tip|warning|literallayout|programlisting|programlistingco|
      screen|screenco|screenshot|synopsis|cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis|
      classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis|constructorsynopsis|
      destructorsynopsis|methodsynopsis|formalpara|para|simpara|
      address|blockquote|graphic|graphicco|mediaobject|mediaobjectco|
      informalequation|informalexample|informalfigure|informaltable|
      equation|example|figure|table|procedure|anchor|bridgehead|
      remark|highlights|indexterm)*,
     (qandadiv+|qandaentry+))

### Attributes

Common attributes

Name | Type | Default

defaultlabel

Enumeration:
none
number
qanda

None

## Description

A `QandASet` is a list consisting of `Question`s and `Answer`s. `QandASet`s can be divided into sections.

Every entry in a `QandASet` must contain a `Question`, but `Answer`s are optional (some questions have no answers), and may be repeated (some questions have more than one answer).

Common uses for `QandASet`s include reader questionnaires and lists of “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs). For the purpose of an FAQ, DocBook V3.1 added the `FAQ` class to `Article`.

### Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. The `DefaultLabel` attribute has a significant influence on the presentation of `Question`s and `Answer`s.

### Parents

These elements contain qandaset: `appendix`, `article`, `bibliodiv`, `bibliography`, `blockquote`, `callout`, `chapter`, `glossary`, `glossdiv`, `index`, `listitem`, `msgexplan`, `msgtext`, `partintro`, `preface`, `procedure`, `refsect1`, `refsect2`, `refsect3`, `refsection`, `refsynopsisdiv`, `sect1`, `sect2`, `sect3`, `sect4`, `sect5`, `section`, `setindex`, `simplesect`, `step`, `taskprerequisites`, `taskrelated`, `tasksummary`.

### Children

The following elements occur in qandaset: `address`, `anchor`, `bibliolist`, `blockinfo`, `blockquote`, `bridgehead`, `calloutlist`, `caution`, `classsynopsis`, `cmdsynopsis`, `constructorsynopsis`, `destructorsynopsis`, `equation`, `example`, `fieldsynopsis`, `figure`, `formalpara`, `funcsynopsis`, `glosslist`, `graphic`, `graphicco`, `highlights`, `important`, `indexterm`, `informalequation`, `informalexample`, `informalfigure`, `informaltable`, `itemizedlist`, `literallayout`, `mediaobject`, `mediaobjectco`, `methodsynopsis`, `note`, `orderedlist`, `para`, `procedure`, `programlisting`, `programlistingco`, `qandadiv`, `qandaentry`, `remark`, `screen`, `screenco`, `screenshot`, `segmentedlist`, `simpara`, `simplelist`, `synopsis`, `table`, `tip`, `title`, `titleabbrev`, `variablelist`, `warning`.

## Attributes

defaultlabel

  `DefaultLabel` identifies the default label that should be used for `Question`s and `Answer`s:

  `qanda`

    `Question`s are labeled “Q:” and `Answer`s are labeled “A:”. Other similar labels may be substituted, for example, the words might be spelled out, “Question:” and “Answer:”, and the actual characters or words used are dependent on the language.

  `number`

    The entries are enumerated.

  `none`

    No distinguishing label precedes `Question`s or `Answer`s.

  If no value is specified, the implied presentation may be any one of these, as defined by the stylesheet. Note that each question and answer can explicitly define a label, regardless of the default label specified.

## Examples

    <!DOCTYPE qandaset PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
              "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
    <qandaset defaultlabel='qanda'>
    <qandaentry>
    <question>
    <para>
    To be, or not to be?
    </para>
    </question>
    <answer>
    <para>
    That is the question.
    </para>
    </answer>
    </qandaentry>
    </qandaset>

Q: | To be, or not to be?
A: | That is the question.

    <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
              "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
    <article class="faq">
    <title>Frequently Asked Questions About Fonts</title>

    <para>...</para>

    <qandaset>
    <qandadiv><title>General Information</title>

    <para>...</para>

    <qandadiv><title>Font Houses</title>

    <qandaentry><question><para>Adobe Systems, Inc.</para></question>
    <answer><para>...</para></answer>
    </qandaentry>

    <qandaentry><question><para>Agfa, Inc.</para></question>
    <answer><para>...</para></answer>
    </qandaentry>

    </qandadiv>
    </qandadiv>
    </qandaset>
    </article>

qandaentry |  | question

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