The start-tag is required for this element. The end-tag is optional, if your SGML declaration allows minimization. Description Para is simply a paragraph. Abstract, AuthorBlurb, Caution, Important, Note, and Warning are excluded, as are Sects and higher-level elements.
Para has common attributes.
See also FormalPara and SimPara . In some contexts, additional elements may be allowed by inclusions in parent elements. Similarly, in some contexts, some of these elements may be invalid due to exclusions in parent elements.