USPTO Patent Application V1.5 2001-01-31: User Element View [DTD Element View]
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cross-reference

Element Title: Cross Reference

Element Description: Cross-reference provides a hypertext link to a pre-defined target, such as the beginning the drawing section. It contains parsable character data describing the target as well as an attribute that points to the ID value the target.

Element Content:

(#PCDATA)

Element is Located in:

claim-text, entry, footnote, list-item, paragraph

Element Attributes:

NameTypeDefault ValueExampleDescription
hytime CDATA "hylink" (fixed)

 

Defines a hypertext link using "HyTime" linking mechanisms.

target IDREFS Required

target="DRAWINGS"

The identifier if the cross reference target

Parameter Entities Containing cross-reference: paracon, tbl.entry.mdl

Element Markup Instructions: For example, the figure cross-reference FIG. 1 has a description "FIG. 1", and a target "DRAWINGS".

The target is where "DRAWINGS" is the unique id attribute value element subdoc-drawings.

Since multiple figures are allowed on a single drawing page, the figure cross-references simply points to the beginning the drawing section.

Element Example:

<cross-reference target="DRAWINGS">FIG. 1</cross-reference>


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