glossentry

DocBook 5.1: The Definitive Guide (Version 1.5.3 for DocBook 5.1)

glossentry

glossentry — An entry in a glossary or glosslist.

Synopsis

glossentry ::=

Sequence of:
- glossterm (db.glossterm)
- acronym?
- abbrev?
- Zero or more of:
  - Indexing inlines
    indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange)
    indexterm (db.indexterm.singular)
    indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange)
- One of:
  - One or more of:
    glossdef
  - glosssee

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

sortas

Description

A glossentry is a wrapper around a glossary term and its definition.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Glossary entries are usually formatted to highlight the terms and definitions, frequently in a style similar to varlistentrys.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

sortas: Specifies the string by which the element's content is to be sorted; if unspecified, the content is used

Parents

These elements contain glossentry: glossary, glossdiv, glosslist.

Children

The following elements occur in glossentry: abbrev, acronym, glossdef, glosssee, glossterm (db.glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange).