firstterm

firstterm — The first occurrence of a term

Synopsis

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

  • baseform

Additional Constraints

  • @linkend on firstterm must point to a glossentry.

Description

This element marks the first occurrence of a word or term in a given context.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline. FirstTerms are often given special typographic treatment, such as italics.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

baseform

FIXME:

See Also

glossterm

Examples

<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Example firstterm</title>

<para>In an <firstterm>Object Oriented</firstterm> programming language,
data and procedures (called <glossterm>methods</glossterm>) are
bound together.
</para>

</article>

In an Object Oriented programming language, data and procedures (called methods) are bound together.

ChangeLog

This alpha reference page is $Revision: 1.4 $ published $Date: 2005/10/31 12:31:54 $.