glossary
glossary — A glossary.
Synopsis
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annotation
bridgehead
remark
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- Informal elements
informalequation
informalexample
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informaltable
(db.cals.informaltable)informaltable
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bibliography
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Additional Constraints
- If this element is the root element, it must have a version attribute.
Description
A glossary
contains a collection of terms and
brief descriptions or definitions of those terms.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block. A glossary
in
a book
frequently causes a forced page break in
print media.
Attributes
- label
Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes
- status
Identifies the editorial or publication status of the element on which it occurs
This element occurs in 14 elements.
This element contains 67 elements.
Examples
<glossary xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example Glossary</title> <para>This is not a real glossary, it's just an example. </para> <!-- ... --> <glossdiv><title>E</title> <glossentry xml:id="xml"><glossterm>Extensible Markup Language</glossterm> <acronym>XML</acronym> <glossdef> <para>Some reasonable definition here.</para> <glossseealso otherterm="sgml">SGML</glossseealso> </glossdef> </glossentry> </glossdiv> <!-- ... --> <glossdiv><title>S</title> <glossentry><glossterm>SGML</glossterm> <glosssee otherterm="sgml"/> </glossentry> <glossentry xml:id="sgml"><glossterm>Standard Generalized Markup Language</glossterm><acronym>SGML</acronym> <abbrev>ISO 8879:1986</abbrev> <glossdef> <para>Some reasonable definition here.</para> <glossseealso otherterm="xml">XML</glossseealso> </glossdef> </glossentry> </glossdiv> </glossary>
This is not a real glossary, it's just an example.