acronym

acronym — An often pronounceable word made from the initial (or selected) letters of a name or phrase.

Synopsis

acronym ::=

Zero or more of:
- text
- phrase (db._phrase)
- replaceable
- Graphic inlines
  - inlinemediaobject
- Product inlines
  - trademark
- Ubiquitous inlines

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

A pronounceable contraction of initials. An acronym is often printed in all capitals or small capitals, although this is sometimes incorrect (consider dpi or bps).

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

Parents

These elements contain acronym: caption (db.html.caption), citetitle, emphasis, entry, link, literallayout, para, phrase (db.phrase), programlisting, quote, subtitle, td, term, th, title, titleabbrev.

Children

The following elements occur in acronym: text, inlinemediaobject, phrase (db._phrase), replaceable, subscript, superscript, trademark.

Examples

1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
  |<title>Example acronym</title>
  | 
  |<para>In the United States, <acronym>NASA</acronym> stands for the 
5 |National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  |</para>
  | 
  |</article>

In the United States, NASA stands for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.