3.2.4.1.10 glossProperty

The <glossProperty> element is an extension point which allows additional details about the preferred term or its subject.

Contains

Note: These models represent only the default document types distributed by OASIS. Actual content models will differ with each new document type.
Doctype Content model
ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup ( text data or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or keyword or apiname or option or parmname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or term or abbreviated-form or image or object or ph or b or i or sup or sub or tt or u or codeph or synph or filepath or msgph or systemoutput or userinput or menucascade or uicontrol or title) (any number)

Contained by

Doctype Content model
ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup glossBody, glossAlt

Inheritance

- topic/data concept/data glossentry/glossProperty

Example

<glossentry id="algorithm" xml:lang="es-es">
  <glossterm>El algoritmo</glossterm>
  <glossdef>Un algoritmo define un método de calcular un resultado.</glossdef>
  <glossBody>
    <glossPartOfSpeech value="noun"/>
    <glossProperty name="gender" value="masculine"/>
  </glossBody>
</glossentry>

Attributes

Name Description Data Type Default Value Required?
name Defines the name of a property that describes the glossentry term. CDATA #IMPLIED No
datatype Describes the type of data contained in the value attribute or within the data element. A typical use of datatype will be the identifying URI for an XML Schema datatype. CDATA #IMPLIED No
value Specifies the value of the primary glossary term's property. CDATA #IMPLIED No
href Provides a reference to a resource. See The href attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications. CDATA #IMPLIED No
format The format attribute identifies the format of the resource being referenced. See The format attribute for details on supported values. CDATA #IMPLIED No
type Describes the target of a reference. See The type attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications. CDATA #IMPLIED No
scope The scope attribute identifies the closeness of the relationship between the current document and the target resource. See The scope attribute for more information on values. (local | peer | external | -dita-use-​conref-​target) #IMPLIED No
univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts, and localization-atts groups) A set of related attributes, described in univ-atts attribute group      
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) A set of related attributes, described in global-atts attribute group      
class, outputclass Common attributes described in Other common DITA attributes      

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