# DITA Best Practices : Reference example

Created by Todd Stupnik, last modified on Mar 25, 2014

Below are an example of a reference created using Oxygen.

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## InformationV1

The InformationV1 object provides the severity and corresponding severity description associated with the response.

Parameter | Type | Description
--- | --- | ---
Severity | string | The defined severity level of the transaction.
Description | string | A description for an associated severity level.

## Text mode:

    <reference id="information">
      <title>Information</title>
      <refbody>
        <section>
          <indexterm>Information</indexterm>
          <title>Information</title>
          <p>The <i>Information</i> object provides the severity and corresponding severity description
            associated with the response. </p><table id="information">
            <tgroup cols="3">
              <colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="100.00pt" colnum="1"/>
              <colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="100.00pt" colnum="2"/>
              <colspec colname="COLSPEC2" colwidth="250.00pt" colnum="3"/>
              <thead>
                <row>
                  <entry colname="COLSPEC0" valign="top">Parameter </entry>
                  <entry colname="COLSPEC1" valign="top">Type </entry>
                  <entry colname="COLSPEC2" valign="top">Description </entry>
                </row>
              </thead>
              <tbody>
                <row>
                  <entry>Severity</entry>
                  <entry>string</entry>
                  <entry>The defined severity level of the transaction.</entry>
                </row>
                <row>
                  <entry>Description</entry>
                  <entry>string</entry>
                  <entry>A description for an associated severity level.</entry>
                </row>
              </tbody>
            </tgroup>
          </table>
        </section>
      </refbody>
    </reference>