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Additional info about glossary tags (#272)
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* Additional info about glossary tags #270
* Update xml/docu_styleguide.structure.xml
Co-authored-by: Tom Schraitle <[email protected]>
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Co-authored-by: Tom Schraitle <[email protected]>
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dariavladykina and tomschr authored Oct 23, 2023
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<para>To support automatic alphabetical ordering in localized versions, use
<tag>glosslist</tag> so that glossary items are sorted in alphabetical order by default.</para>
<para>
Use cross-references to link acronyms with their written out forms.
Define the written out form. Use a <emphasis>See also</emphasis> reference for
the acronym form to link it to the defined written out form.
</para>
Use cross-references in the following cases:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>To direct the reader to another glossary entry, use the <tag>glosssee</tag> tag. This is helpful, for example, when linking acronyms with their written out forms.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>To provide the reader with additional information about related glossary entries,
use <tag>glossseealso</tag>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
The markup for a glossary entry is shown in
<xref linkend="ex-glossary"/>.
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<para>
Always use an
<tag class="attribute">xml:id</tag>
attribute in parts, chapters, appendixes, sections, figures, and
attribute in parts, chapters, appendixes, sections, figures, glossaries and
examples. Identifiers can be used in other elements as well, such as
tables and procedures.
</para>
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