<glossShortForm>
The <glossShortForm> element provides a shorter alternative to the
primary term that is specified in the <glossterm> element.
note
Any list of alternative terms is, of course, specific to the language, so translation
of a
<glossentry> topic might result in
an empty <glossShortForm> element if there is no equivalent in the
target language.
Content models
See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
Inheritance
- topic/title concept/title glossentry/glossShortForm
Example
<glossentry id="www">
<glossterm>World Wide Web</glossterm>
<glossdef>A collection of documents available through the Internet.</glossdef>
<glossBody>
<glossPartOfSpeech value="noun"/>
<glossAlt>
<glossShortForm>the Web</glossShortForm>
</glossAlt>
</glossBody>
</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.