The <glossbody> element is used to provide details about a glossary term (such as part of speech or additional forms of the term).
( (glossPartOfSpeech) (optional) then (glossStatus) (optional) then (glossProperty) (any number) then (glossSurfaceForm) (optional) then (glossUsage) (optional) then (glossScopeNote) (optional) then (glossSymbol) (any number) then (note or hazardstatement) (any number) then (glossAlt) (any number) ) |
- topic/body concept/conbody glossentry/glossBody
The glossary term "USB flash drive" with additional information
<glossentry id="usbfd"> <glossterm>USB flash drive</glossterm> <glossdef>A small portable drive.</glossdef> <glossBody> <glossPartOfSpeech value="noun"/> <glossUsage>Do not provide in upper case (as in "USB Flash Drive") because that suggests a trademark.</glossUsage> <glossAlt> <glossAcronym>UFD</glossAcronym> <glossUsage>Explain the acronym on first occurrence.</glossUsage> </glossAlt> <glossAlt id="memoryStick"> <glossSynonym>memory stick</glossSynonym> <glossUsage>This is a colloquial term.</glossUsage> </glossAlt> <glossAlt> <glossAbbreviation>stick</glossAbbreviation> <glossStatus value="prohibited"/> <glossUsage>This is too colloquial.</glossUsage> <glossAlternateFor href="#usbfd/memoryStick"/> </glossAlt> <glossAlt> <glossAbbreviation>flash</glossAbbreviation> <glossStatus value="prohibited"/> <glossUsage>This short form is ambiguous.</glossUsage> </glossAlt> </glossBody> </glossentry>
A generic attribute that has no specific purpose. It is intended to act as a base for specialized attributes that have a simple value syntax like the conditional processing attributes (one or more alphanumeric values separated by whitespace), but is not itself a filtering or flagging attribute. |
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id-atts attribute group (id, conref, conrefend, conaction, conkeyref) |
A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.4 id-atts attribute group |
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localization-atts attribute group (translate, xml:lang, dir) |
A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.6 localization-atts attribute group. |
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A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group |
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Common attributes described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes |