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# modespec

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$Date: 2002-06-12 07:19:37 -0400 (Wed, 12 Jun 2002) $

modespec — Application-specific information necessary for the completion of an OLink

## Synopsis

### Mixed Content Model

    modespec ::=
    (#PCDATA|link|olink|ulink|emphasis|trademark|replaceable|remark|
     subscript|superscript|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|indexterm)*

### Attributes

Common attributes

Name | Type | Default
application |
Enumerated notation:
BMP
CGM-BINARY
CGM-CHAR
CGM-CLEAR
DITROFF
DVI
EPS
EQN
FAX
GIF
GIF87a
GIF89a
IGES
JPEG
JPG
linespecific
PCX
PDF
PIC
PNG
PS
SGML
SVG
SWF
TBL
TEX
TIFF
WMF
WPG
| None

## Description

`ModeSpec` contains application-specific instructions required to process an `OLink`. See `OLink`.

### Processing expectations

Suppressed. This element provides data for processing but is not expected to be rendered directly.

### Parents

These elements contain modespec: `appendixinfo`, `application`, `articleinfo`, `attribution`, `bibliographyinfo`, `bibliomisc`, `blockinfo`, `bookinfo`, `bridgehead`, `chapterinfo`, `citation`, `citetitle`, `emphasis`, `entry`, `firstterm`, `foreignphrase`, `glossaryinfo`, `glosssee`, `glossseealso`, `glossterm`, `indexinfo`, `lineannotation`, `link`, `literallayout`, `lotentry`, `member`, `msgaud`, `objectinfo`, `olink`, `para`, `partinfo`, `phrase`, `prefaceinfo`, `primary`, `primaryie`, `productname`, `programlisting`, `quote`, `refentryinfo`, `refentrytitle`, `referenceinfo`, `refpurpose`, `refsect1info`, `refsect2info`, `refsect3info`, `refsectioninfo`, `refsynopsisdivinfo`, `remark`, `screen`, `screeninfo`, `secondary`, `secondaryie`, `sect1info`, `sect2info`, `sect3info`, `sect4info`, `sect5info`, `sectioninfo`, `see`, `seealso`, `seealsoie`, `seeie`, `seg`, `segtitle`, `setindexinfo`, `setinfo`, `sidebarinfo`, `simpara`, `subtitle`, `synopsis`, `td`, `term`, `termdef`, `tertiary`, `tertiaryie`, `th`, `title`, `titleabbrev`, `tocback`, `tocentry`, `tocfront`, `ulink`.

### Children

The following elements occur in modespec: `emphasis`, `indexterm`, `inlinegraphic`, `inlinemediaobject`, `link`, `olink`, `remark`, `replaceable`, `subscript`, `superscript`, `trademark`, `ulink`.

## Attributes

application

  `Application` indicates the nature of the action required to complete the `OLink`. `Application` must be a notation declared in the DTD.

## Examples

For examples, see `olink`.

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