#### 3.2.3 Reference elements

Reference topics describe factual material about a subject, such as the commands in a programming language. This format is also suitable for bibliographies, catalogues, the list of ingredients for recipes, and similar collections of structured descriptive prose. For more details on when to use reference and other information types, please refer to the DITA architectural specification.

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Parent Topic: Technical content elements

Child Topics:

3.2.3.1 reference

3.2.3.2 refbody

3.2.3.3 refbodydiv

3.2.3.4 refsyn

3.2.3.5 properties

3.2.3.6 prophead

3.2.3.7 proptypehd

3.2.3.8 propvaluehd

3.2.3.9 propdeschd

3.2.3.10 property

3.2.3.11 proptype

3.2.3.12 propvalue

3.2.3.13 propdesc

Sibling Topics:

3.2.1 Concept elements

3.2.2 Task elements

3.2.4 Glossary elements

3.2.5 Bookmap elements

Domain elements