glossAcronym
The glossAcronym element defines an acronym for the term that is defined in the glossterm element.
This element can be used with the
abbreviated-form element to display an expanded version of an acronym the first time that acronym appears in a set of text. See
abbreviated-form for information on how the two elements interact.
Note: Several issues arise when acronyms are translated into other languages. For example, an acronym in one language
might not have an equivalent in another language. When acronyms are first displayed, some languages will display the expanded form first followed by the acronym in parenthesis, while other languages do the reverse. For some acronyms, a translation
might need to render both the original and the translated version of the acronym. For all of these reasons, DITA allows an author or translator to control what is presented to a reader by using the
glossSurfaceForm element, which will often accompany the
glossAcronym. The
abbreviated-form topic contains information on how the
glossSurfaceForm and
glossAcronym elements affect references to the primary term.
Content models
See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
Inheritance
- topic/title concept/title glossentry/glossAcronym
Example 292. Example
See the example in
glossentry.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.
Parent topic