Indicates the general kind of content the Preformatted Text element contains, for example, computer code, poetry, pseudocode, ASCII art, XML tagging etc.
To preserve the intellectual content of DTDs that provide such information
This attribute is intended to capture already recorded information; however, for many documents this type of data will not be available.
Value | Meaning |
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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, “code” for sample computer code or “xml” for an XML-tagged data sample |
Restriction: This attribute may be specified if the element is used. |
Although designed to accept any text as its value, potential values for this attribute might include:
code |
Code example in a computer language such as C++ or Visual Basic |
poetry |
Poems |
ascii |
ASCII art |
man-machine |
A man-machine dialog, such as an error message and response |
pseudocode |
Code-like examples used in explanation |