Reference Without Syntax

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Sandcastle MAML Guide Reference Without Syntax

This document type is used for reference without syntax topics.

Reference Without Syntax File Format

Below is an example of a Reference Without Syntax topic file.

Reference Without Syntax Topic
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<topic id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" revisionNumber="1">
  <developerReferenceWithoutSyntaxDocument
    xmlns="http://ddue.schemas.microsoft.com/authoring/2003/5"
    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">

    <!--
    <summary>
      <para>Optional summary abstract</para>
    </summary>
    -->

    <!-- NOTE: This is similar to the API reference documentation which is
         produced by the reference build.  You should probably just use that
         instead of this. -->
    <introduction>
      <!-- Uncomment this to generate an outline of the section and sub-section
           titles.  Specify a numeric value as the inner text to limit it to
           a specific number of sub-topics when creating the outline.  Specify
           zero (0) to limit it to top-level sections only.  -->
      <!-- <autoOutline /> -->

      <para>Required introduction</para>
    </introduction>

    <!-- Add one or more top-level section elements.  These are collapsible.
         If using <autoOutline />, add an address attribute to identify it
         and specify a title so that it can be jumped to with a hyperlink. -->
    <section address="Section1">
      <title>Optional section title</title>
      <content>
        <!-- Uncomment this to create a sub-section outline
        <autoOutline /> -->
        <para>Add one or more sections with content</para>
      </content>
    </section>

    <!-- <languageReferenceRemarks>Optional reference remarks</languageReferenceRemarks> -->
    <!-- <codeExample>Optional code example </codeExample> -->

    <relatedTopics>
      <!-- One or more of the following:
           - A local link
           - An external link
           - A code entity reference

      <link xlink:href="Other Topic's ID">Link text</link>
      <externalLink>
          <linkText>Link text</linkText>
          <linkAlternateText>Optional alternate link text</linkAlternateText>
          <linkUri>URI</linkUri>
      </externalLink>
      <codeEntityReference>API member ID</codeEntityReference>

      Examples:

      <link xlink:href="00e97994-e9e6-46e0-b420-5be86b2f8278">Some other topic</link>

      <externalLink>
          <linkText>Sandcastle Help File Builder on GitHub</linkText>
          <linkAlternateText>Go to GitHub</linkAlternateText>
          <linkUri>https://GitHub.com/EWSoftware/SHFB</linkUri>
      </externalLink>

      <codeEntityReference>T:TestDoc.TestClass</codeEntityReference>
      <codeEntityReference>P:TestDoc.TestClass.SomeProperty</codeEntityReference>
      <codeEntityReference>M:TestDoc.TestClass.#ctor</codeEntityReference>
      <codeEntityReference>M:TestDoc.TestClass.#ctor(System.String,System.Int32)</codeEntityReference>
      <codeEntityReference>M:TestDoc.TestClass.ToString</codeEntityReference>
      <codeEntityReference>M:TestDoc.TestClass.FirstMethod</codeEntityReference>
      <codeEntityReference>M:TestDoc.TestClass.SecondMethod(System.Int32,System.String)</codeEntityReference>
      -->
    </relatedTopics>
  </developerReferenceWithoutSyntaxDocument>
</topic>
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