GlossentryThe <glossentry> element defines a single
sense of a glossary term. The expected book processing is to sort and group
the glossary entries based on the localized term so a back-of-the-book glossary
can contain a collated list of terms with the definitions of the senses of
the terms indented under the terms. The glossary can have a different organization
in different languages depending on the translation of the terms. One possible
online processing is to associate a hotspot for mentions of terms in <term>
elements and display the definition on hover or click. Glossary entries for
different term senses can be reused independently of one another.
[edit] Example
<glossentry id="ddl">
<glossterm>Data Definition Language</glossterm>
<glossdef>A formal language used for defining database schemas....</glossdef>
</glossentry>
[edit] Contains
[edit] Contained by
[edit] Inheritance:
- topic/topic concept/concept glossentry/glossentry
[edit] Attributes
| Name
| Description
| Data Type
| Default Value
| Required?
|
| id
| This ID enables topics to be referenced uniquely by topicrefs in
DITA maps.
| ID
|
| Yes
|
| conref
| This attribute is used to reference an ID on a topic that can be
reused. See The conref attribute for examples and
details about the syntax.
| CDATA
| #IMPLIED
| No
|
| xmlns:ditaarch
| Declares the default DITA namespace.
| CDATA
| #FIXED http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/
|
|
| DITAArchVersion
| Designates the version of the architecture that is in use.
| CDATA
| "1.1" (version dependent; will increase)
| No
|
| domains
| Indicates the specialized domains that are included in the DTD or
Schema.
| CDATA
| (topic ui-d) (topic hi-d) (topic pr-d) (topic sw-d) (topic ut-d)
(topic indexing-d)
| No
|
| %select-atts; (props, base, platform, product, audience, otherprops,
importance, rev, status)
| A set of related attributes, described at %select-atts;
| parameter entity
| PE not
applicable
| Not applicable
|
| %localization-atts; (translate, xml:lang, dir)
| A set of related attributes, described at %localization-atts;.
| parameter entity
| PE not
applicable
| Not applicable
|
| %global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc)
| A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts;
| parameter entity
| PE not
applicable
| Not applicable
|
| class, outputclass
| Common attributes described in Other common DITA attributes
|
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TOC: Language Specification 1.1
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