Document Hierarchy Diagrams
This section contains diagrams of document structures defined by the Balisage Conference
Paper model. Diagrams for the “top-most” element, Article and its major structural components (e.g., Info, Note, etc.) are presented
first. Thereafter, diagrams of smaller structures commonly used throughout the model such
as Figure, Media Object,
and Table. (Because these “common” structures
are used in a variety of models, they are presented in alphabetical order, rather than
hierarchically.) The diagrams are presented in the following order:
The diagrams are screen captures of the Balisage Conference Paper model as displayed by
the Near & Far® Designer tool. The conventions of the Near & Far® format
are:.
| Element
Occurrences |
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Required |
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Optional. May occur zero or one time. |
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Required, repeatable. May occur one or more
times.
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Optional, repeatable. May occur zero or more
times.
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| Additional Symbols Associated
with Elements |
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Element content is expanded elsewhere in the
diagram.
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The element has attributes. |
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One or more elements collapsed for clarity |
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Element is the root element of the model. |
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Text, numbers, and special characters |
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Excluded elements that are prohibited from being
within the current element
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| Grouping
elements |
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Required sequence: Element1 followed by Element2
followed by Element3
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Choice of sequence: Element1 or Element2 or
Element3
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| Compound
Examples |
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Zero or more repetitions of Element1 or Element2 or
Element3 followed by zero or one occurrences of Element4
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Zero or one occurrence of either Element1 followed by
Element2 followed by Element3 or one or more occurrences of Element4
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Either one or more repetitions of Element1 followed by
Element2 or one or more occurrences of Element4
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