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DocBook: The Definitive Guide

DocBook: The Definitive Guide

By Norman Walsh & Leonard Muellner
1st Edition October 1999
1-56592-580-7, Order Number: 5807
652 pages, $36.95 , Includes CD-ROM

GlossDef

Name

GlossDef -- A definition in a GlossEntry

Synopsis

Content Model

GlossDef ::=
((CalloutList|GlossList|ItemizedList|OrderedList|SegmentedList|
  SimpleList|VariableList|LiteralLayout|ProgramListing|
  ProgramListingCO|Screen|ScreenCO|ScreenShot|Synopsis|
  CmdSynopsis|FuncSynopsis|FormalPara|Para|SimPara|Address|
  BlockQuote|Graphic|GraphicCO|MediaObject|MediaObjectCO|
  InformalEquation|InformalExample|InformalFigure|InformalTable|
  Equation|Example|Figure|Table|Comment|IndexTerm)+,
 GlossSeeAlso*)

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

SubjectCDATANone

Tag Minimization

The start-tag is required for this element. The end-tag is optional, if your SGML declaration allows minimization.

Description

A GlossDef contains the description or definition of a GlossTerm.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

(4.0) Future Changes

The Subject attribute will be renamed Keywords in DocBook V4.0.

Parents

These elements contain GlossDef: GlossEntry.

Attributes

Subject

Subject holds a list of keywords for the GlossDef's definition.

See Also

GlossSee, GlossSeeAlso

Examples

For examples, see Glossary, GlossList.

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