preformat-type

Type of Preformatted Text

Type of content contained in the <preformat> element (for example, computer code, poetry, pseudocode, ASCII art, XML tagging).

Remarks

This attribute is intended to capture already recorded information; however, for many documents this type of data will not be available.

Attribute Values

In Element

<preformat>
ValueMeaning
Text, numbers, or special charactersA 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 is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Suggested usage

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