firstterm
firstterm — The first occurrence of a term.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
Additional Constraints
- @linkend on firstterm must point to a glossentry.
Description
This element marks the first occurrence of a word or term in a given context.
Processing expectations
Formatted inline. A firstterm
is often given
special typographic treatment, such as italics.
Attributes
Common attributes and common linking 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.
This element occurs in 54 elements.
This element contains 100 elements.
See Also
Examples
1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> 2 <title>Example firstterm</title> 4 <para>In an <firstterm>Object Oriented</firstterm> programming language, data and procedures (called <glossterm>methods</glossterm>) are 6 bound together. </para> 8 </article>
In an Object Oriented programming language, data and procedures (called methods) are bound together.