##### 3.2.3.2 refbody

The <refbody> element is a container for the main content of the reference topic. Reference topics limit the body structure to tables (both simple and standard), property lists, syntax sections, and generic sections and examples, in any sequence or number.

Reference topics represent the kind of information that users typically consult to understand programming objects, configuration file options, recipes, terminological descriptions, product or other specifications, equipment or parts lists, or any other set of factual information.

###### Contains

Doctype | Content model
ditabase, reference, learningContent | (data or data-about or example or foreign or unknown or refbodydiv or refsyn or properties or section or simpletable or table) (any number)

###### Contained by

Doctype | Content model
ditabase, reference, learningContent | reference

###### Inheritance

- topic/body reference/refbody

###### Example

See 3.2.3.1 reference.

###### Attributes

Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required?
base | A generic attribute that has no specific purpose. It is intended to act as a base for specialized attributes that have a simple value syntax like the conditional processing attributes (one or more alphanumeric values separated by whitespace), but is not itself a filtering or flagging attribute. | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No
id-atts attribute group (id, conref, conrefend, conaction, conkeyref) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.4 id-atts attribute group |  |  |
localization-atts attribute group (translate, xml:lang, dir) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.6 localization-atts attribute group. |  |  |
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group |  |  |
class, outputclass | Common attributes described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes |  |  |

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Sibling Topics:

3.2.3.1 reference

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