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.
Parent elements: <defentry>
Model Diagram
The DTD model for this element:
--+(choice of TEXT with elements repeated) 
  |  
  |-- trademark  -- TEXT
  |  
  |-- footnote  -- (elements)
  |  
  |--+(choice) [Objects in Text]
  |  |  
  |  |-- inlinematheqn  -- (elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- inlinechemeqn  -- (elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- inlinegraphic  
  |  
  |--+(choice) [Names in Text]
  |  |  
  |  |-- famousname  -- TEXT
  |  |  
  |  |-- companyname  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- institutionname  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- citation  -- TEXT
  |  
  |--+(choice) [Acronyms and Terms in Text]
  |  |  
  |  |-- acronym  -- TEXT
  |  |  
  |  |-- terminology  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  
  |--+(choice) [Formatting in Text]
  |  |  
  |  |-- sub  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- sup  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- b  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- i  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- smallcaps  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- u  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- box  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- roman  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- script  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- tt  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- strikethrough  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- overline  -- (TEXT and elements)
  |  |  
  |  |-- newpage  
  |  |  
  |  |-- 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;>
.
Defined in DTD section Block-level Content : Lists
General Attributes (shared with other elements)
Common Optional ID Attributes (a-group-CommonIDAttrs)