Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS version 0.4

<def-item>

Definition List: Definition Item

Container element for one term/definition pair in a definition list.

Remarks

Best Practice: While this element contains an optional <label> element, the <label> element should be included only in those circumstances where a formatting override is needed; <label> should NOT be used in the ordinary course of tagging.

Attributes

id Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:lang Language

Related Elements

A <def-list> may have a <title> naming the entire list, followed by optional headings for terms and their definitions. <term-head> contains the heading over the first (term) column, and <def-head> contains the heading for the second (definition) column; neither serves as a container element for terms or definitions. Individual <term>s and their <def>s are paired in <def-item>s.

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  def-item     %def-item-model;                             >

Expanded Content Model

(label?, term*, (def | x)*)

Description

The following, in order:

This element may be contained in:

<def-list>

Example

               
<article>
...
<back>
...
<glossary>
<def-list>
<title>ABBREVIATIONS</title>
<term-head>Abbreviation</term-head>
<def-head>Expansion</def-head>
<def-item><term id="G1">PAP I</term>
<def><p>poly(A)polymerase I</p></def>
</def-item>
<def-item><term id="G2">PNPase</term>
<def><p>polynucleotide phosphorylase</p></def>
</def-item>
</def-list>
</glossary>
...
</back>
</article>

Module

JATS-list0.ent

Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS version 0.4

Version of March 2011