<glossShortForm>

The <glossShortForm> element provides a shorter alternative to the primary term that is specified in the <glossterm> element.

Note (non-normative):
Any list of alternative terms is, of course, specific to the language, so translation of a <glossentry> topic might result in an empty <glossShortForm> element if there is no equivalent in the target language.

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

- topic/title concept/title glossentry/glossShortForm

Example

This section is non-normative.

<glossentry id="www">
  <glossterm>World Wide Web</glossterm>
  <glossdef>A collection of documents available through the Internet.</glossdef>
  <glossBody>
    <glossPartOfSpeech value="noun"/>
    <glossAlt>
      <glossShortForm>the Web</glossShortForm>
    </glossAlt>
  </glossBody>
</glossentry>

Content model

(Text | <keyword> | <term> | <text> | <tm>)*

Contained by

<glossAlt>

Zero or more of the following
  • Text
  • <keyword>
  • <term>
  • <text>
  • <tm>

Contained by

  • <glossAlt>

Inheritance

- topic/title concept/title glossentry/glossShortForm

The <glossShortForm> element is specialized from <title>. It is defined in the glossentry module.

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group (without the Metadata attribute group), @base from the Metadata attribute group, and outputclass.