The glossAlt element contains a variant term for the preferred term. The variant should have the same meaning as the term in the glossterm element; the variant is simply another way to refer to the same term. There might be many ways to refer to a term; each variant is placed in its own glossAlt element. The glossUsage element can be used within glossAlt to indicate when use of the alternate term is appropriate.
Content models
See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
Inheritance
- topic/section concept/section glossentry/glossAlt
Example
See the example in glossentry.
Attributes
The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group and outputclass.