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glosslist

glosslist — A wrapper for a set of GlossEntrys

Synopsis

Content Model

glosslist ::=
(blockinfo?,
(title,titleabbrev?)?,
glossentry+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Description

While Glossarys are usually limited to component or section boundaries, appearing at the end of a Book or Chapter, for instance, GlossLists can appear anywhere that the other list types are allowed.

Using a GlossList in running text, instead of a VariableList, for example, maintains the semantic distinction of a Glossary. This distinction may be necessary if you want to automatically point to the members of the list with GlossTerms in the body of the text.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Children

The following elements occur in glosslist: blockinfo, glossentry, title, titleabbrev.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE glosslist PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<glosslist>
<glossentry><glossterm>C</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
A procedural programming language invented by K&amp;R.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry><glossterm>Pascal</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
A procedural programming language invented by Niklaus Wirth.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glosslist>

C

A procedural programming language invented by K&R.

Pascal

A procedural programming language invented by Niklaus Wirth.