That semantic distinction doesn't seem to be documented in the Definitive
Guide. It is noted in my book (I guess I read the stylesheet), but my book
implies simplesect can come after other section elements. Looks like
DocBook V5 is a good opportunity to straighten this out. 8^)
Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
----- Original Message -----
From: "Norman Walsh" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:00 AM
Subject: [docbook] Re: Sections and SimpleSect
> The important semantic distinction between simplesect and any other
> terminal section is that simplesect doesn't appear in the ToC. So it's
> good for things like "Examples" or "See Also" at the end of a chapter.