Re: [docbook] recommend a tag for user accounts in computer documentation?

David O'Brien <>, 2007-04-30 14:52 +1000:

> I'm looking for recommendations for a suitable tag for user account
> names. By way of example:
> 
> "Log in as root and run the following command."
> "This process runs as the user nobody on Solaris systems."

systemitem@class=username

  http://www.docbook.org/tdg/en/html/systemitem.html

It's not at all intuitive, not discoverable (unless you feel like
reading through the docs to find it), but it's what we've got.

What we should have instead is an actual <username> element.

  --Mike