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# nonterminal

## Name

nonterminal — A non-terminal in an EBNF production

##

# Synopsis

### Mixed Content Model

    nonterminal ::=
    (#PCDATA)

### Attributes

Common attributes

Name | Type | Default
def | CDATA | Required

### Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain nonterminal:

Parameter Entities
`%cptr.char.mix;` | `%ebnf.inline.hook;` | `%ndxterm.char.mix;`
`%para.char.mix;` | `%refinline.char.mix;` | `%refname.char.mix;`
`%tbl.entry.mdl;` | `%tech.char.class;` | `%title.char.mix;`

## Description

This element is only available if you are using the EBNF Module.

A `NonTerminal` is a symbol in an EBNF `Production` that represents a portion of the grammar.

### Parents

These elements contain nonterminal: `application`, `attribution`, `bibliomisc`, `bridgehead`, `citation`, `citetitle`, `classsynopsisinfo`, `command`, `computeroutput`, `emphasis`, `entry`, `foreignphrase`, `funcparams`, `funcsynopsisinfo`, `function`, `glosssee`, `glossseealso`, `glossterm`, `lineannotation`, `link`, `literal`, `literallayout`, `lotentry`, `member`, `msgaud`, `olink`, `optional`, `para`, `phrase`, `primary`, `primaryie`, `productname`, `programlisting`, `quote`, `refdescriptor`, `refentrytitle`, `refname`, `refpurpose`, `remark`, `rhs`, `screen`, `screeninfo`, `secondary`, `secondaryie`, `see`, `seealso`, `seealsoie`, `seeie`, `seg`, `segtitle`, `simpara`, `subtitle`, `synopsis`, `term`, `tertiary`, `tertiaryie`, `title`, `titleabbrev`, `tocback`, `tocentry`, `tocfront`, `trademark`, `ulink`, `userinput`.

## Attributes

def

  FIXME:

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