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abbrev

abbrev — An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.

Synopsis

abbrev ::= [-]

Description

An abbreviation, especially one followed by a period.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Children

The following elements occur in abbrev: text, abbrev, acronym, alt, anchor, biblioref, coref, date, emphasis (db._emphasis), firstterm (db._firstterm), footnote, footnoteref, foreignphrase (db._foreignphrase), glossterm (db._glossterm), indexterm (db.indexterm.endofrange), indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange), inlinemediaobject, link, olink, phrase (db._phrase), quote (db._quote), remark, subscript, superscript, trademark, wordasword, xref.

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example abbrev</title>

<para>The <abbrev>Assn.</abbrev> of Computing Machinery would probably never
abbreviate “Association” like this.
</para>

</article>

The Assn. of Computing Machinery would probably never abbreviate “Association” like this.