+
+ <varlistentry><term>setting</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This attribute allows you to make use of static database
+ settings in the processing of records. Three possible values
+ are allowed. 'no' is the default and doesn't do anything.
+ 'postproc' copies the value of a setting with the same name
+ into the output of the normalization stylesheet(s). 'parameter'
+ makes the value of a setting with the same name available
+ as a parameter to the normalization stylesheet, so you
+ can further process the value inside of the stylesheet, or use
+ the value to decide how to deal with other data values.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ </para>
+ The purpose of using settings in this way can either be to
+ control the behavior of normalization stylesheet in a database-
+ dependent way, or to easily make database-dependent values
+ available to display-logic in your user interface, without having
+ to implement complicated interactions between the user interface
+ and your configuration system.
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>