<dedication>
Dedication
A named book component that contains text dedicating the book in some fashion.
Note: A publisher could choose to call this component just another <front-matter-part>, but many publishers specifically identify dedications, so this element was included in the BITS Tag Set.
Attributes
Content Model
<!ELEMENT dedication %dedication-model; >
Expanded Content Model
(book-part-meta?, named-book-part-body?, back?)
Description
The following, in order:
- <book-part-meta> Book Part Metadata, zero or one
- <named-book-part-body> Named Book Part Body, zero or one
- <back> Back Matter for a Book Part, zero or one
This element may be contained in:
Example
...
<front-matter>
<dedication>
<book-part-meta>
<title-group>
<title>Dedication</title>
</title-group>
</book-part-meta>
<named-book-part-body>
<p>We dedicate this book to our esteemed professor
emeritus, Dr. Robert Jemmings, whose critique of
the underlying study identified potential bias in
the analysis and strengthened our argument.</p>
</named-book-part-body>
</dedication>
</front-matter>
...