The <glossAlt> element contains a variant term for the
preferred term. The variant should have the same meaning as the term
in the <glossterm> element; the variant is simply another way to
refer to the same term. There may be many ways to refer to a term;
each variant is placed in its own <glossAlt> element. The <glossUsage>
element may be used within <glossAlt> to indicate when use of the
alternate term is appropriate.
Note: Any list of alternative terms is,
of course, specific to the language, so translation of a glossentry
topic may result in empty elements within a <
glossAlt>
container.
Contains
Note: These models represent only the default document types distributed by OASIS.
Actual content models will differ with each new document type.
Contained by
| Doctype |
Content model |
|---|
| ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup |
glossBody |
Inheritance
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topic/section concept/section glossentry/glossAlt
Example
Figure 1. The
glossary term "USB flash drive" with additional information
<glossentry id="usbfd">
<glossterm>USB flash drive</glossterm>
<glossdef>A small portable drive.</glossdef>
<glossBody>
<glossPartOfSpeech value="noun"/>
<glossUsage>Do not provide in upper case (as in "USB Flash
Drive") because that suggests a trademark.</glossUsage>
<glossAlt>
<glossAcronym>UFD</glossAcronym>
<glossUsage>Explain the acronym on first occurrence.</glossUsage>
</glossAlt>
<glossAlt id="memoryStick">
<glossSynonym>memory stick</glossSynonym>
<glossUsage>This is a colloquial term.</glossUsage>
</glossAlt>
<glossAlt>
<glossAbbreviation>stick</glossAbbreviation>
<glossStatus value="prohibited"/>
<glossUsage>This is too colloquial.</glossUsage>
<glossAlternateFor href="#usbfd/memoryStick"/>
</glossAlt>
<glossAlt>
<glossAbbreviation>flash</glossAbbreviation>
<glossStatus value="prohibited"/>
<glossUsage>This short form is ambiguous.</glossUsage>
</glossAlt>
</glossBody>
</glossentry>