14.7.3 Configuring
use of abbreviations for glossary terms
Your company style guide might require
certain terms to be spelled out in full the first time they appear in
your document, after which you can use an abbreviation or acronym. This
can present some challenges:
- If
such a term is included in a glossary, you must be able to represent
the relationship between either form of the term and its definition.
- In
a reusable-topic-based writing environment there is no way to know which
will be the first use of a term.
- The
first-use rule can vary depending on the context, on the type of output,
and other possible factors.
In DITA 1.2 and later versions, you
can use the <abbreviated-form>
element to represent every reference to a glossary term.
In this section:
§14.7.3.1
Specifying first-use rules for glossary-term abbreviations
§14.7.3.2
Overriding first-use rules for abbreviations
§14.7.3.3
Specifying @class for the abbreviated-form element
§14.7.3.4
Formatting output for the abbreviated-form element
Previous Topic:
14.7.2 Specifying
output formats for the glossary
Next Topic:
14.7.3.1 Specifying
first-use rules for glossary-term abbreviations
Parent Topic:
14.7 Producing
a glossary
Sibling Topics:
14.7.1 Specifying
file name and title for the glossary
14.7.2 Specifying
output formats for the glossary
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