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diff --git a/doc/mallard/C/mal_info_license.page b/doc/mallard/C/mal_info_license.page deleted file mode 100644 index 87d165f..0000000 --- a/doc/mallard/C/mal_info_license.page +++ /dev/null @@ -1,90 +0,0 @@ -<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" - type="topic" - id="mal_info_license"> - -<info> - <link type="guide" xref="mal_info#elements"/> - - <revision version="0.1" date="2009-05-28" status="review"/> - - <credit type="author"> - <name>Shaun McCance</name> - <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email> - <years>2008-2009</years> - </credit> - - <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" /> - - <desc>Provide information about the licensing terms of the material.</desc> -</info> - -<title>License Information</title> - -<synopsis><code mime="application/relax-ng-compact-syntax"> -mal_info_license = element license { - attribute href { text } ?, - attribute * - (mal:* | local:*) { text } *, - - <link xref="mal_block">mal_block</link> + -} -</code></synopsis> - -<p>The <code>license</code> element can be used to provide information about -the licensing terms of the material in a page or section. The <code>href</code> -attribute can be used to uniquely identify certain licenses.</p> - -<!-- BEGIN notes --> -<section id="notes"> - <title>Notes</title> - <list> - <item><p>The <code>license</code> element can contain any - <link xref="mal_block">general block content</link>.</p></item> - - <item><p>The <code>license</code> element can occur in any - <code xref="mal_info">info</code> element.</p></item> - - <item><p>The <code>href</code> attribute can be used to provide a URI which - uniquely identifies the license terms.</p></item> - - <item><p>The <code>license</code> element can have attributes from external - namespaces. See <link xref="mal_external"/> for more information - on external-namespace attributes.</p></item> - </list> -</section> -<!-- END notes --> - -<!-- BEGIN processing --> -<section id="processing"> - <title>Processing Expectations</title> - - <p>The <code>license</code> is not necessarily displayed on the page in - which it appears. Some tools may display license information on a separate - informational page or dialog. When it is displayed, its contents are treated - as block content.</p> - - <p>There is no requirement that the URI <code>href</code> will actually - be displayed, or that the <code>href</code> attribute will cause a link - to be displayed. If authors wish to ensure that an external resource - is linked to, they should add a link into the block content. Processing - tools may recognize certain license URIs for special processing. This - could be used, for instance, to place a license badge at the bottom of - a displayed page for certain common licenses.</p> -</section> -<!-- END processing --> - -<!-- BEGIN comparison --> -<section id="comparison"> - <title>Comparison to Other Formats</title> - - <p>DocBook contains the more general-purpose - <code href="http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/legalnotice.html">legalnotice</code> - element, which is frequently used to include licensing terms. The - <code>license</code> element is intended mostly for redistribution - terms, which are not immediately relevent to most readers. When it - is important that readers see certain legal information, authors - should provide that information in the main content, possibly on a - separate page.</p> -</section> -<!-- END comparison --> - -</page> |