We study here the elementary properties of the relative entropy
\cH(A,B)=\tr[\phi(A)-\phi(B)-\phi'(B)(A-B)] for ϕ a convex function and
A,B bounded self-adjoint operators. In particular, we prove that this
relative entropy is monotone if and only if ϕ′ is operator monotone. We
use this to appropriately define \cH(A,B) in infinite dimension