<glossary>

Glossary Elements List

Definition

A section in the back matter, whose content typically will be a list of definitions, usually tagged as one or more two-part lists called Definition List<def-list>.

Remarks

The model for <glossary> is so broad, not restricting the content to two-part lists, because many examples of glossaries were found in the literature that were tabular, heavily annotated, constructed as a series of notes, or other unusual tagging practice. Because this is not a highly prescriptive DTD, all such “glossaries” are acceptable.

Authoring Note: A typical glossary might contain an optional introductory paragraph, followed by a Definition List or Glossary Group, where glossary groups are headed sections of glossaries, each of which contains a Definition List.

Attribute

id Identifier

Model Description

The following, in order:

Tagged Example


<article>...
<back>
<glossary>
<title>Glossary Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations</title>

<gloss-group>
<title>Abbreviations</title>
<def-list>
<def-item>
<term id="G15">F</term>
<def><p>female</p></def>
</def-item>
<def-item>
<term id="G29">gnty</term>
<def><p>genotype</p></def>
</def-item>
<def-item>
<term id="G43">M</term>
<def><p>male</p></def>
</def-item>
</def-list>
</gloss-group>

<gloss-group>
<title>Acronyms</title>
<def-list>
<def-item>
<term id="G62">NIH</term>
<def><p>National Institutes of
Health</p></def>
</def-item>
<def-item>
<term id="G12">XML</term>
<def><p>Extensible Markup Language</p></def>
</def-item>
</def-list>
</gloss-group>

<gloss-group>
<title>Virology Terms and Phrases</title>
<def-list>
<def-item>
<term id="G71">HBV</term>
<def><p>hepatitis B virus</p></def>
</def-item>
<def-item>
<term id="G33">HBsAg</term>
<def><p>hepatitis B surface antigen</p></def>
</def-item>
</def-list>
</gloss-group>
</glossary>...
<ref-list>...
</ref-list>
</back>
</article>


Module

backmatter.ent