The glossAlternateFor element indicates when a variant term has a relationship to another variant term in addition to the preferred term.
The glossAlternateFor element is available inside
the glossAlt element, which is a container that provides a variant
for the primary glossentry term. In some cases, the variant might also be an alternate for another term. In the example
below, the abbreviation "stick" is a variant of the primary term (USB flash drive). The
glossAlternateFor element indicates that "stick" is also a variant
of the synonym "memory stick".
Content models
See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
Inheritance
- topic/xref concept/xref glossentry/glossAlternateFor
Example
See the example in glossentry.
Attributes
The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, Link relationship attribute group (with a narrowed definition of
href, given below), keyref, and
outputclass.
- href
- References a term for which the current variant is an alternate (in addition to the primary term of this glossentry topic). The reference will often be to another glossAlt element within the same glossentry topic, indicating that the current variant is an alternate for both the primary term and the referenced alternate term. See The href attribute for details on syntax.