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Glossary

Glossary = ( GlossaryInfo?,
             ( Title, Subtitle?, TitleAbbrev? )?,
             ( %component.mix; )*,
             ( GlossDiv+ | GlossEntry+ ),
             Bibliography?
           )

GlossDiv = ( ( Title, Subtitle?, TitleAbbrev? ),
             ( %component.mix; )*,
             GlossEntry+
           )

GlossEntry = ( GlossTerm, Acronym?, Abbrev?,
               IndexTerm*,
               RevHistory?,
               ( GlossSee | GlossDef+ )
             )

GlossDef = ( ( %glossdef.mix; )+,
             GlossSeeAlso*
           )

Elements : Glossary, GlossaryInfo, Title, Subtitle, TitleAbbrev, GlossDiv, GlossEntry, Bibliography, GlossTerm, Acronym, Abbrev, RevHistory, GlossDef, GlossSee, GlossSeeAlso.

Attributes : SortAs, Subject, OtherTerm.

A glossary, generally found at the end of a document, contains a list of terms, with their descriptions or definitions.

A Glossary is composed of:

• meta-information for a glossary (GlossaryInfo), optional,
• a Title, Subtitle and title abbreviated TitleAbbrev, optionals,
• an introduction, optional, composed of inline elements,
• one or several glossary divisions (GlossaryDiv) or one or several glossary entries (GlossaryEntry), but not a mix of them,
• a Bibliography, optional,

A glossary division (GlossDiv) is composed of:

• a Title, Subtitle and title abbreviated TitleAbbrev, optionals,
• an introduction, optional, composed of inline elements,
• one or several glossary entries.

A glossary entry (GlossEntry) is composed of:

• a glossary term (GlossTerm), mandatory,
• an (Acronym), optional,
• an abbreviation (Abbrev), optional,
• any number of index entries (IndexTerm),
• A revision history (RevHistory), optional,
• a See crossed reference (GlossSee) or one or several glossary definitions (GlossDef).

A glossary definition (GlossDef) is composed of inline elements, and can be ended by any number of See also crossed references (GlossSeeAlso).