glossterm (db.glossterm)
glossterm — A glossary term.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
- Bibliography inlines
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- Error inlines
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- Graphic inlines
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- GUI inlines
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- Indexing inlines
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- Keyboard inlines
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- Linking inlines
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- Markup inlines
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- Math inlines
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- Object-oriented programming inlines
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- Operating system inlines
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- Product inlines
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- Programming inlines
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- Publishing inlines
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- Technical inlines
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- Ubiquitous inlines
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Additional Constraints
- @linkend on glossterm must point to a glossentry.
Description
A glossterm identifies a term that appears in a
glossary or glosslist. This
element occurs in two very different places: it is both an inline, and a
structure element of a glossentry. As an inline, it
identifies a term defined in a glossary, and may point to it. Within a
glossentry, it identifies the term defined by that
particular entry.
Processing expectations
As an inline, glossterms frequently get
special typographic treatment, such as italics. In an online
environment, they may also form a link (explicitly or implicitly) to
the corresponding definition in a glossary.
The glossterms must not be nested within
other glossterms. The processing of nested
glossterms is undefined.
As part of a glossentry,
glossterms are usually set as a block and separated
from the definition.
Attributes
- baseform
Specifies the base form of the term, the one that appears in the glossary. This allows adjectival, plural, and other variations of the term to appear in the element. The element content is the default base form.
Examples
See glossary for an example using this element.




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