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Glossary items

Capture a glossary item in a def-item element within a def-list element.

Capture each glossary term and its definition as a pair of term and def elements within the def-item element.

Give each term element an id attribute.

Glossary item in a box

Capture an instance of the glossary term in the text (as indicated with a typecode) in a xref element with attribute ref-type="glossary-term".

See also Boxed text.

<p>...according to the local <xref rid="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-1-term-1" ref-type="glossary-term">bylaws</xref>.</p>
<boxed-text content-type="definition">
  <def-list> 
    <def-item>
      <term id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-1-term-1">bylaws</term>
      <def>
        <p>laws that relate to the local area authority only</p>
      </def>
    </def-item>
  </def-list>
</boxed-text>

Glossary or abbreviations list

The def-list element contains multiple items.

<book-part book-part-type="glossary" id="isbn-9780190058319-book-part-27">
  <book-part-meta>
    <book-part-id book-part-id-type="doi">10.1093/9780190058319.003.0027</book-part-id>
    <title-group id="isbn-9780190058319-book-part-27-title-group-1">
      <title>Glossary</title>
    </title-group>
    <contrib-group>
      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name>
          <surname>Shafer-Landau</surname>
          <given-names>Russ</given-names>
        </name>
      </contrib>
    </contrib-group>
  </book-part-meta>
  <body>
    <def-list>
      <def-item>
        <term id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-1-term-1">HBV</term>
          <def>
            <p>Hepatitis B virus</p>
          </def>
      </def-item>
      <def-item>
        <term id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-1-term-2">HCC</term>
          <def>
            <p>hepatocellular carcinoma</p>
          </def>
      </def-item>
      <def-item>
        <term id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-1-term-3">AFB</term>
          <def>
            <p>aflatoxin B<sub>1</sub></p>
          </def>
     </def-item>
    </def-list>
  </body>
</book-part>

Glossary with alphabetical markup

Capture a def-list element for each letter of the alphabet, and use the title element to capture the initial letter of the corresponding terms. Include an entry also for each alphabetical def-list element without terms.

        <book-part book-part-type="glossary" id="isbn-9780197585283-book-part-25">
        <book-part-meta>
        <book-part-id book-part-id-type="doi">10.1093/hesc/9780197585283.003.0024</book-part-id>
        <title-group id="isbn-9780197585283-book-part-25-title-group-1">
        <title><target id="isbn-9780197585283-book-part-25-target-535" target-type="page">G-1</target>
        Glossary
        </title>
        </title-group>
        <body>
        <def-list>
          <title>P</title>
            <def-item><term id="isbn-9780197585283-book-part-25-term-252">panic disorder:</term>
            <def>
              <p>An anxiety disorder characterized by sudden attacks of intense fear and anxiety
               associated with severe physical symptoms, even when there is no real dangerous or
               apparent cause.</p></def></def-item>
        </def-list>
        <def-list>
          <title>Q</title>
        </def-list>
        </body>
        </book-part>
      

Illustrated glossary

In this example from a book for children learning English, the definitions contain or consist entirely of images.

<def-item>
  <term id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-1-term-4">fork</term>
  <def>
    <p>
      <graphic mimetype="image" xlink:href="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-1-graphic-4.jpg">
        <alt-text>An illustration of a fork used for eating</alt-text>
      </graphic>
    </p>
</def>
</def-item>
<def-item>
  <term id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-1-term-5">found</term>
  <def>
    <p>past tense of <bold>find</bold></p> 
    <p>
      <graphic mimetype="image" xlink:href="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-1-graphic-5.jpg">
        <alt-text>An illustration of a girl looking at something she has just found</alt-text>
      </graphic>
    </p> 
  </def>
</def-item>
<def-item>
  <term id="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-1-term-6">grass</term>
  <def>
    <p>
      <graphic mimetype="image" xlink:href="workid-UKRAI10JL5MB-book-part-1-graphic-6.jpg">
        <alt-text>An illustration of a grassy meadow under blue sky</alt-text>
      </graphic>
    </p>
  </def>
</def-item>
Release ID:
20260304
ID:
glossary_items
Author:
delvesc
Last changed:
Wed, 10 Dec 2025
Modified by:
bachev
Revision#:
2995