Sectioning in BoostBook

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## Sectioning in BoostBook

"Sectioning" refers to organization of a document into separate sections, each with a title, some text, and possibly subsections. Each section is described in BoostBook via a <section> element. An introduction section may look like this:

    <section id="any.intro">
      <title>Introduction</title>

      <para>Introduction to a library...</para>

      <section>
        <title>A Subsection</title>
        <para>Subsection information...</para>
      </section>
    </section>

The <section> element contains all information that should logically be grouped within that section. The title of the section is placed within the <title> element, and any paragraphs, programs, lists, tables, or subsections can occur within the section. The `id` attribute of the <section> element gives a unique ID to each section, so that it may later be identified for linking. It is suggested that all IDs start with the short name of a library followed by a period, so that IDs do not conflict between libraries.

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