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Glossary

Name

Glossary — Glossary of terms

Content Model

  (DocInfo?, Title, TitleAbbrev?)?,
  (CalloutList | GlossList | ItemizedList | OrderedList
  | SegmentedList | SimpleList | VariableList | Caution
  | Important | Note | Tip | Warning | LiteralLayout
  | ProgramListing | ProgramListingCO | Screen | ScreenCO
  | ScreenShot | Synopsis | CmdSynopsis | FuncSynopsis
  | FormalPara | Para | SimPara | Address | BlockQuote
  | Graphic | GraphicCO | InformalEquation
  | InformalExample | InformalTable | Equation | Example
  | Figure | Table | MsgSet | Procedure | Sidebar | Anchor
  | BridgeHead | Comment | Highlights | Abstract
  | AuthorBlurb | Epigraph)*
  ,
  (GlossDiv+ | GlossEntry+),
  Bibliography?

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

NameValue(s)TypeDefault Value
StatusCDATA#IMPLIED 

Tag Minimization

The start-tag is required for this element. The end-tag is optional, if your SGML declaration allows minimization.

Description

Glossary of terms, which may be a book component on its own or may occur or before or after the main content of a Sect, or after the main content of an Article. It contains in order an optional DocInfo, optional Title, and optional TitleAbbrev, followed by any number of block-oriented elements, followed by one or more GlossEntries or one or more GlossDivs, and ending with an optional Bibliography. It has Status and common attributes.

Parents

These elements contain Glossary: Article, Book, Chapter, Part, Sect1, Sect2, Sect3, Sect4, Sect5.

Children

Glossary contains these elements: Abstract, Address, Anchor, AuthorBlurb, Bibliography, BlockQuote, BridgeHead, CalloutList, Caution, CmdSynopsis, Comment, DocInfo, Epigraph, Equation, Example, Figure, FormalPara, FuncSynopsis, GlossDiv, GlossEntry, GlossList, Graphic, GraphicCO, Highlights, Important, InformalEquation, InformalExample, InformalTable, ItemizedList, LiteralLayout, MsgSet, Note, OrderedList, Para, Procedure, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, SegmentedList, Sidebar, SimPara, SimpleList, Synopsis, Table, Tip, Title, TitleAbbrev, VariableList, Warning.

In some contexts, additional elements may be allowed by inclusions in parent elements.

Attributes

Status

Editorial or publication status ofthe element it applies to, such as "in review" or "approved for distribution." There is no default.

Examples

<GLOSSARY>
<TITLE>Words You Must Know</TITLE>
<PARA>These are words you must know to pass the SGML test.
</PARA>
<GLOSSDIV>
<TITLE>Words Pertaining to Markup</TITLE>
<GLOSSENTRY SORTAS="RME">
<GLOSSTERM>Reportable Markup Error</GLOSSTERM>
<ACRONYM>RME</ACRONYM>
<ABBREV>Markerror</ABBREV>
<GLOSSDEF>
<PARA>A mistake you made.</PARA>
</GLOSSDEF>
<GLOSSDEF SUBJECT="Errors">
<PARA>A mistake someone else made.</PARA>
<GLOSSSEEALSO OTHERTERM="gl123">
</GLOSSDEF>
</GLOSSENTRY>
</GLOSSDIV>
<GLOSSDIV>
<TITLE>Words Not Pertaining to Markup So Much</TITLE>
<GLOSSENTRY>
<GLOSSTERM ID="gl123">Document</GLOSSTERM>
<GLOSSDEF>
<PARA>A piece of writing; it sounds fancier if you
call it a Document.</PARA>
</GLOSSDEF>
</GLOSSENTRY>
<GLOSSENTRY>
<GLOSSTERM>Instance</GLOSSTERM>
<GLOSSSEE>Document</GLOSSSEE>
</GLOSSENTRY>
</GLOSSDIV>
<BIBLIOGRAPHY>
<BIBLIOENTRY>
<BOOKBIBLIO>
<TITLE>Recursive Tooth Exercises
</TITLE>
<AUTHORGROUP>
<AUTHOR>
<FIRSTNAME>George</FIRSTNAME>
<SURNAME>Tirebiter</SURNAME>
</AUTHOR>
</AUTHORGROUP>
</BOOKBIBLIO>
</BIBLIOENTRY>
</BIBLIOGRAPHY>
</GLOSSARY>

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