`<glossgroup>`

A glossary group topic organizes related glossary entry topics within a single topic document.

Usage information

Glossary groups are primarily a convenience for authoring when it is useful to author multiple glossary entry topics in a single document.

Specialization hierarchy

The <glossgroup> element is specialized from <concept>; it is defined in the glossary group module. The <concept> element is specialized from <topic>; it is defined in the concept module.

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: architectural attributes and universal attributes.

For this element, the @id attribute is required.

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes and the attributes defined below.

@DITAArchVersion (architectural attributes): Specifies the version of the DITA architecture that is in use. This attribute is in the namespace http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/. This attribute is specified in the topic and map modules, and it uses a default value of the current version of DITA. The current default is 2.0.
@id: For this element, the @id attribute is required.
@specializations (architectural attributes): Specifies the attribute-domain specializations that are included in the document-type shell. This attribute is set as a default within the document-type shell. The value varies depending on what domains are integrated into the document-type shell. For example, a grammar file that includes the specialized attributes @audience, @deliveryTarget, and @newBaseAtt would set the value to @props/audience @props/deliveryTarget @base/newBaseAtt.
@xmlns:ditaarch (architectural attributes): Declares the default DITA namespace. This namespace is declared as such in the RNG modules for <topic> and <map>, but it is specified as an attribute in the equivalent DTD-based modules. The value is fixed to http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/.

Example

This section is non-normative.

<glossgroup id="things" xml:lang="en">
  <title>Some terms</title>
  <glossentry id="bicycle">
    <glossterm>bicycle</glossterm>
    <glossdef>Human powered mode of transport
       with two wheels</glossdef>
  </glossentry>
  <glossentry id="fruitbat">
    <glossterm>Fruit bat</glossterm>
    <glossdef>A bat which likes fruit</glossdef>
  </glossentry>
</glossgroup>