Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS Draft Version 1.1d2

<glossary>

Glossary Elements List

Section whose content is typically a list of terms and definitions, usually tagged as one or more two-part lists called <def-list>. Typically part of the back matter of a document.

Remarks

The model for <glossary> is deliberately broad in order to accommodate glossaries that are tabular, heavily annotated, constructed as a series of notes, or otherwise unusually constructed.
Glossaries are recursive with various levels indicated by containment, not by different names for the embedded glossaries. A typical simple <glossary> may contain only a title and a <def-list>. A more complex <glossary> may be divided into several different lists of terms, each headed by a title that describes the audience for the particular terms. These glossaries inside a glossary are tagged using the <glossary> element rather than a different, explicitly named element such as a <sub-glossary> or <glossary-sec>.
Historical Note: This element (<glossary>) was significantly remodeled from previous versions of this Tag Set. The current NISO JATS values are backwards compatible with the final NLM version, but not with earlier versions. These prior versions modeled the <glossary> element, which is now a recursive structure, with a differently named interior list (<gloss-group>). The <gloss-group> element does not exist in this Tag Set, and can be translated directly to a <glossary> element during an upgrade conversion.

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Document Internal Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  glossary     %glossary-model;                             >

Expanded Content Model

(label?, title?, (address | alternatives | array | boxed-text | chem-struct-wrap | code | fig | fig-group | graphic | media | preformat | supplementary-material | table-wrap | table-wrap-group | disp-formula | disp-formula-group | def-list | list | tex-math | mml:math | p | related-article | related-object | ack | disp-quote | speech | statement | verse-group | x)*, glossary*)

Description

The following, in order:

This element may be contained in:

<abstract>, <ack>, <app>, <back>, <bio>, <boxed-text>, <front>, <glossary>, <notes>, <sec>, <trans-abstract>

Example 

<article dtd-version="1.1d2">
...
<back>
<glossary>
<title>Glossary Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations</title>

<glossary>
<title>Abbreviations</title>
<def-list>
<def-item>
<term id="G15">F</term>
<def><p>female</p></def>
</def-item>
<def-item>
<term id="G29">gnty</term>
<def><p>genotype</p></def>
</def-item>
<def-item>
<term id="G43">M</term>
<def><p>male</p></def>
</def-item>
</def-list>
</glossary>

<glossary>
<title>Acronyms</title>
<def-list>
<def-item>
<term id="G62">NIH</term>
<def><p>National Institutes of
Health</p></def>
</def-item>
<def-item>
<term id="G12">XML</term>
<def><p>Extensible Markup Language</p></def>
</def-item>
</def-list>
</glossary>

<glossary>
<title>Virology Terms and Phrases</title>
<def-list>
<def-item>
<term id="G71">HBV</term>
<def><p>hepatitis B virus</p></def>
</def-item>
<def-item>
<term id="G33">HBsAg</term>
<def><p>hepatitis B surface antigen</p></def>
</def-item>
</def-list>
</glossary>
</glossary>
...
<ref-list>...</ref-list>
</back>
</article>

Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS Draft Version 1.1d2

Version of December 2014

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