Common Desktop Environment: Help System Author's and Programmer's Guide

To Define a Term in the Glossary

    Enter the <dterm> element into the glossary as shown:

<glossary>      
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 <dterm>word or phrase
 Definition of the term
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Be sure to keep the <dterm>words and phrases sorted within the glossary.

Example

Here's part of a glossary that includes the definition of the term SGML:

<glossary>
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 <dterm>SGML
 Standard Generalized Markup Language. An
 international standard [ISO 8859: 1986] that
 establishes a method for information interchange.
 SGML describes constructs for marking the
 structure of information separate from its
 intended presentation or format.

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