Description
This element is used in each item of a definition list it identify the term that is to be defined.
<defentry>
<term>BBC</term>
<definition>British Broadcasting Corporation</definition>
</defentry>
Parent Elements
The elements listed below may directly contain this element.
They are "parent" elements. Elements in referenced groups are included, up to two levels of group nesting.
Model Diagram
The DTD model for this element:
--+(choice of TEXT with elements repeated)
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|-- trademark -- TEXT
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|-- footnote -- (elements)
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|--+(choice) [Objects in Text]
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| |-- inlinematheqn -- (elements)
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| |-- inlinechemeqn -- (elements)
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| |-- inlinegraphic
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|--+(choice) [Names in Text]
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| |-- famousname -- TEXT
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| |-- companyname -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- institutionname -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- citation -- TEXT
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|--+(choice) [Acronyms and Terms in Text]
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| |-- acronym -- TEXT
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| |-- terminology -- (TEXT and elements)
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|--+(choice) [Formatting in Text]
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| |-- sub -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- sup -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- b -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- i -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- smallcaps -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- u -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- box -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- roman -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- script -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- tt -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- strikethrough -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- overline -- (TEXT and elements)
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| |-- newpage
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| |-- query -- TEXT
DTD Definition
The DTD contains the following element and attribute definitions
(note that embedded links are to definitions within the DTD page of this guide):
<!ELEMENT term (#PCDATA | trademark | footnote
| %ObjectsInText; | %NamesInText;
| %AcronymsAndTermsInText; | %FormattingInText;)*>
<!ATTLIST term
%a-group-CommonIDAttrs;>
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Defined in DTD section
Block-level Content : Lists
General Attributes (shared with other elements)