SDF 2.001: SDF User Guide: Attributes

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# 2.7. Attributes

## 2.7.1. Introduction

Attributes can be used to specify custom formatting, hypertext targets and jumps, indexing information, etc. For example:

      Note[label='Important: ';size="16pt"]
      Life is too short to drink bad wine.

The result is:

Important: Life is too short to drink bad wine.

## 2.7.2. Syntax

Paragraphs and phrases can be given attributes via the syntax below:

      style"["attributes"]" text

where the syntax of attributes is:

      name1["="expression1]";" name2["="expression2] ...

If an attribute name is given without a value, the default value is 1. Like style names, attribute names are:

- sequences of letters, digits and "_"
- case-sensitive.

## 2.7.3. Commonly used attributes

Some commonly used attributes are given below.

Name | Purpose
Paragraphs: |
label | prefix label (e.g. Note:)
notoc | take this heading out of the table of contents
Phrases: |
id | hypertext target tag
jump | URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to jump to