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Name

Synopsis

  (CalloutList | GlossList | ItemizedList | OrderedList
  | SegmentedList | SimpleList | VariableList
  | LiteralLayout | ProgramListing | ProgramListingCO
  | Screen | ScreenCO | ScreenShot | Synopsis | CmdSynopsis
  | FuncSynopsis | FormalPara | Para | SimPara | Address
  | BlockQuote | Graphic | GraphicCO | InformalEquation
  | InformalExample | InformalTable | Equation | Example
  | Figure | Table | Comment)+
  ,
  GlossSeeAlso*

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Name	Value(s)	Type	Default Value
Subject	CDATA	#IMPLIED

Tag Minimization

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

Description

Definition attached to a GlossTerm in a GlossEntry. It may contain Comments, GlossSeeAlsos, paragraphs, and other block-oriented elements, in any order; it has common and Subject attributes.

Parents

GlossDef occurs in GlossEntry.

Children

GlossDef contains these elements: Address, BlockQuote, CalloutList, CmdSynopsis, Comment, Equation, Example, Figure, FormalPara, FuncSynopsis, GlossList, GlossSeeAlso, Graphic, GraphicCO, InformalEquation, InformalExample, InformalTable, ItemizedList, LiteralLayout, OrderedList, Para, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, SegmentedList, SimPara, SimpleList, Synopsis, Table, and VariableList.

Attributes

Subject

Subject is a list of keywords for the GlossDef's definition.

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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