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<term> Definition List: Term

Word, phrase, graphic, chemical structure, equation, or other noun that is being defined or described.

This element is typically used in conjunction with a definition in a definition list (two-part list). The term occupies the first column of the two-part list and is the subject of the definition or description, which occupies the second column.

If the content of the <term> element is a term from a taxonomy (ontology, thesaurus, term-list, vocabulary, industry glossary, or other known source), the vocabulary attributes should be used to record that source. This source can be a formal ontology or an informal field of study (such as “chemistry”). Four attributes are used in this Tag Set to identify terms from such a controlled or an uncontrolled vocabulary:

vocab	Name of the controlled or uncontrolled vocabulary, taxonomy, ontology, index, database, or similar that is the source of the term. For example, for a subject term, a value might be the IPC Codes (“ipc”) or MESH headings (“mesh”). For an uncontrolled term, the value might be an area of study such as “medical-devices” or merely the word “uncontrolled”.
vocab-identifier	Unique identifier of the vocabulary, such as (but not limited to) a URI or DOI. For example, for Dublin Core (DCC), the identifier might be “http://dublincore.org/documents/2012/06/14/dces/”.
vocab-term	The content of the element is the free prose version of the vocabulary or taxonomic term. The @vocab-term attribute holds the canonical version of the same term, as it appears in the vocabulary. For example, if the attribute value was “digitized-vor”, the element might contain the display text “Digitized Version of Record”.
vocab-term-identifier	Unique identifier of the term within a specific vocabulary, such as (but not limited to) an item number, a URI, DOI, etc.

Related Elements

When Used in a Definition List: A <def-list> may take a <label> that provides it with a number or other designator, followed by an optional <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. Definition lists are recursive, so following all the terms and definitions, there may be one or more embedded <def-list> elements.

vocab-term-identifier

xml:base

xml:lang

May be contained in

<def-item>, <index-entry>, <index-term>

Any combination of:

Text, numbers, or special characters
Linking Elements
- <email> Email Address
- <ext-link> External Link
- <uri> Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)
Related Material Elements
- <inline-supplementary-material> Inline Supplementary Material
- <related-article> Related Article Information
- <related-object> Related Object Information
<hr> Horizontal Rule
Emphasis Elements
- <bold> Bold
- <fixed-case> Fixed Case
- <italic> Italic
- <monospace> Monospace Text (Typewriter Text)
- <overline> Overline
- <overline-start> Overline Start
- <overline-end> Overline End
- <roman> Roman
- <sans-serif> Sans Serif
- <sc> Small Caps
- <serif> Serif
- <strike> Strike Through
- <underline> Underline
- <underline-start> Underline Start
- <underline-end> Underline End
- <ruby> Ruby Annotation Wrapper
<alternatives> Alternatives For Processing
Inline Display Elements
- <inline-graphic> Graphic, Inline
- <inline-media> Inline Media Object
- <private-char> Private Character (Custom or Unicode)
Inline Math Elements
- <chem-struct> Chemical Structure (Display)
- <inline-formula> Formula, Inline
Math Elements
- <tex-math> TeX Math Equation
- <mml:math> Math (MathML Tag Set)
Other Inline Elements
- <abbrev> Abbreviation or Acronym
- <index-term> Index Term
- <index-term-range-end> Index Term Range End
- <milestone-end> Milestone End
- <milestone-start> Milestone Start
- <named-content> Named Special (Subject) Content
- <styled-content> Styled Special (Subject) Content
Internal Linking Elements
- <fn> Footnote
- <target> Target of an Internal Link
- <xref> X (cross) Reference
<sub> Subscript
<sup> Superscript
<x> X - Generated Text and Punctuation
<disp-formula> Formula, Display
<disp-formula-group> Formula, Display Group
<chem-struct-wrap> Chemical Structure Wrapper
<array> Array (Simple Tabulation)
<code> Code
<graphic> Graphic
<media> Media Object
<preformat> Preformatted Text

<!ELEMENT  term         (#PCDATA %term-elements;)*                   >

...
<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-item>...</def-item>
  ...
 </def-list>
</glossary>
...

...
<book-back>
 <index>
  <index-title-group>
   <title>Index</title>
  </index-title-group>
  ...
  <index-div>
   <index-title-group>
    <title>I</title>
   </index-title-group>
   ...
   <index-entry>
    <term>Interstate commerce</term>
    <x>:</x>
    ...
    <index-entry>
     <term>State powers, taxation and regulation</term>
     <nav-pointer-group>
      <nav-pointer rid="idx1-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash;
      <nav-pointer rid="idx1-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>
     </nav-pointer-group>
     <index-entry>
      <term>Balancing test, modern standard</term>
      <nav-pointer-group> 
       <nav-pointer rid="idx2-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash;
       <nav-pointer rid="idx2-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/> 
      </nav-pointer-group>
     </index-entry>
     <index-entry>
      <term>Regulation of commerce</term>
      <nav-pointer-group> 
       <nav-pointer rid="idx6-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash;
       <nav-pointer rid="idx6-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>, 
       <nav-pointer rid="idx7-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash;
       <nav-pointer rid="idx7-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>, 
       <nav-pointer rid="idx8-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash;
       <nav-pointer rid="idx8-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/> 
      </nav-pointer-group>
     </index-entry>
     <index-entry>
      <term>Taxation of commerce</term>
      <nav-pointer-group> 
       <nav-pointer rid="idx10-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash;
       <nav-pointer rid="idx10-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>, 
       <nav-pointer rid="idx11-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash; 
       <nav-pointer rid="idx11-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/> 
      </nav-pointer-group>
      <index-entry>
       <term>Apportionment</term>
       <nav-pointer-group> 
        <nav-pointer rid="idx12" nav-pointer-type="point"/>, 
        <nav-pointer rid="idx13-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash; 
        <nav-pointer rid="idx13-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/> 
       </nav-pointer-group>
      </index-entry>
      <index-entry>
       <term>Benefit relationship</term>
       <nav-pointer rid="idx14" nav-pointer-type="point"/>
      </index-entry>
     </index-entry>
    </index-entry>
   </index-entry>
   <index-entry>
    <term>Interstate compacts</term>
    <x>.</x>
    <see-entry>States, Agreements with other States</see-entry>
    <x>.</x>
   </index-entry>
   ...
  </index-div>
  ...
 </index>
</book-back>
...

Back of Book Index with nested index terms and print page numbers

...
<book-back>
 <index>
  <index-title-group>
   <title>Index</title>
  </index-title-group>
  ...
  <index-div>
   <index-title-group>
    <title>I</title>
   </index-title-group>
   ...
   <index-entry>
    <term>Interstate commerce</term>
    <x>:</x>
    ...
    <index-entry>
     <term>State powers, taxation and regulation</term>
     <nav-pointer-group> 
      <nav-pointer rid="idx1-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">209</nav-pointer>&ndash;
      <nav-pointer rid="idx1-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">240</nav-pointer>
     </nav-pointer-group>
     <index-entry>
      <term>Balancing test, modern standard</term>
      <nav-pointer-group> 
       <nav-pointer rid="idx2-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">233</nav-pointer>&ndash;
       <nav-pointer rid="idx2-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">234</nav-pointer>
      </nav-pointer-group>
     </index-entry>
     <index-entry>
      <term>Regulation of commerce</term>
      <nav-pointer-group> 
       <nav-pointer rid="idx6-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">220</nav-pointer>&ndash;
       <nav-pointer rid="idx6-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">221</nav-pointer>, 
       <nav-pointer rid="idx7-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">224</nav-pointer>&ndash;
       <nav-pointer rid="idx7-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">227</nav-pointer>, 
       <nav-pointer rid="idx8-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">233</nav-pointer>&ndash;
       <nav-pointer rid="idx8-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">240</nav-pointer> 
      </nav-pointer-group>
     </index-entry>
     <index-entry>
      <term>Taxation of commerce</term>
      <nav-pointer-group>
       <nav-pointer rid="idx10-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">220</nav-pointer>&ndash;
       <nav-pointer rid="idx10-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">223</nav-pointer>, 
       <nav-pointer rid="idx11-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">227</nav-pointer>&ndash;
       <nav-pointer rid="idx11-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">233</nav-pointer> 
      </nav-pointer-group>
      <index-entry>
       <term>Apportionment</term>
       <nav-pointer-group> 
        <nav-pointer rid="idx12" nav-pointer-type="point">223</nav-pointer>,
        <nav-pointer rid="idx13-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">231</nav-pointer>&ndash;
        <nav-pointer rid="idx13-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">232</nav-pointer> 
       </nav-pointer-group>
      </index-entry>
      <index-entry>
       <term>Benefit relationship</term>
       <nav-pointer rid="idx14" nav-pointer-type="point">233</nav-pointer>
      </index-entry>
     </index-entry>
    </index-entry>
   </index-entry>
   <index-entry>
    <term>Interstate compacts</term>
    <x>.</x>
    <see-entry>States, Agreements with other States</see-entry>
    <x>.</x>
   </index-entry>
   ...
  </index-div>
  ...
 </index>
</book-back>
...

... 
<p>However, the First Amendment does not bar the 
 issuance or execution of a warrant to search a 
 newsroom<index-term><term>Newspapers</term>
 <see-also><index-term><term>Speech and press</term>
 </index-term></see-also></index-term> to obtain 
 photographs of demonstrators who had injured several 
 policemen, although the Court appeared ...</p>
...

...
<index-entry>
 <term>Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de</term>
 <nav-pointer-group>
  <nav-pointer rid="page-69" nav-pointer-type="point">69</nav-pointer>,
  <nav-pointer rid="page-71" nav-pointer-type="point">71</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-73" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">73
   </nav-pointer>–<nav-pointer rid="page-75" 
                    nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">75</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-78" nav-pointer-type="point">78</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-79" nav-pointer-type="point">79</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-81" nav-pointer-type="point">81</nav-pointer>
 </nav-pointer-group>
</index-entry>
...

...
<index-entry>
 <term>Britain</term>
 <nav-pointer-group>
  <nav-pointer rid="page-56" nav-pointer-type="point">56</nav-pointer>,
  <nav-pointer rid="page-240" nav-pointer-type="point">240</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-241" nav-pointer-type="point">241</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-253" nav-pointer-type="point">253</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-261" nav-pointer-type="point">261</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-267" nav-pointer-type="point">267</nav-pointer>
 </nav-pointer-group>
 <index-entry>
  <term>image of —</term>
  <nav-pointer-group>
   <nav-pointer rid="page-239" nav-pointer-type="point">239</nav-pointer>,
   <nav-pointer rid="page-244" nav-pointer-type="point">244</nav-pointer>, 
   <nav-pointer rid="page-252" nav-pointer-type="point">252</nav-pointer>
  </nav-pointer-group>
 </index-entry>
</index-entry>
...

...
<index-entry>
 <term>black legend</term>
 <nav-pointer-group>
  <nav-pointer rid="page-10" nav-pointer-type="point">10</nav-pointer>,
  <nav-pointer rid="page-37" nav-pointer-type="point">37</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-39" nav-pointer-type="point">39</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-48" nav-pointer-type="point">48</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-57" nav-pointer-type="point">57</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-70" nav-pointer-type="point">70</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-223" nav-pointer-type="point">223</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-234" nav-pointer-type="point">234</nav-pointer>, 
  <nav-pointer rid="page-235" nav-pointer-type="point">235</nav-pointer>
 </nav-pointer-group>
 <see-also-entry>leyenda negra</see-also-entry>
</index-entry>
...

Book Interchange Tag Suite (BITS) Version 2.1 Tag Library

<term> Definition List: Term

Usage/Remarks

Vocabulary Attribute Best Practice

Base Attributes