<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 backward 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 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:
- <label> Label (of an Equation, Figure, Reference, etc.), zero or one
- <title> Title, zero or one
- Any combination of:
- Paragraph-level Display Elements
- <address> Address/Contact Information
- <array> Array (Simple Tabulation)
- <boxed-text> Boxed Text
- <chem-struct-wrap> Chemical Structure Wrapper
- <code> Code
- <fig> Figure
- <fig-group> Figure Group
- <graphic> Graphic
- <media> Media Object
- <preformat> Preformatted Text
- <supplementary-material> Supplementary Material Metadata
- <table-wrap> Table Wrapper
- <table-wrap-group> Table Wrapper Group
- <alternatives> Alternatives For Processing
- <disp-formula> Formula, Display
- <disp-formula-group> Formula, Display Group
- Lists
- Math Elements
- <p> Paragraph
- <related-article> Related Article Information
- <related-object> Related Object Information
- <ack> Acknowledgments
- <disp-quote> Quote, Displayed
- <speech> Speech
- <statement> Statement, Formal
- <verse-group> Verse Form for Poetry
- <x> X - Generated Text and Punctuation
- Paragraph-level Display Elements
- <glossary> Glossary Elements List, zero or more
This element may be contained in:
Example
<article dtd-version="1.2">
...
<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>