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glosslist

Name

glosslist — A wrapper for a set of GlossEntrys

Synopsis

Content Model

glosslist ::=
(glossentry+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain glosslist:

Parameter Entities
%admon.mix; %bookcomponent.content; %component.mix;
%divcomponent.mix; %example.mix; %footnote.mix;
%glossdef.mix; %highlights.mix; %legalnotice.mix;
%list.class; %para.mix; %qandaset.mix;
%refcomponent.mix; %revdescription.mix; %sidebar.mix;
%tabentry.mix; %tbl.entry.mdl; %textobject.mix;

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: glossentry.

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.

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