The
definition element represents a formal description of the meaning of a word, term, phrase, or other construct.
The
definition element requires an
xml:id attribute with a unique identifier for linking from the associated term.
Definitions that are not part of the document content may be placed in the document
head
.
Usage Example
<term ref="drw">Darwinism</term>:
<definition xml:id="drw">A theory of biological evolution developed
by <name>Charles Darwin</name> and others, stating that all species of
organisms arise …</definition>
Allowed parents
annoref,
annotation (block variant),
annotation (phrase variant),
m:annotation-xml,
aside,
block,
caption,
citation (block variant),
citation (phrase variant),
d,
definition,
description (block variant),
description (phrase variant),
emph,
expansion,
h,
hd,
head,
hpart,
item,
ln,
d:longdesc,
meta,
note (block variant),
note (phrase variant),
noteref,
object (block variant),
object (phrase variant),
p,
ssml:phoneme,
ssml:prosody,
quote (block variant),
quote (phrase variant),
its:rb,
ref,
its:rt,
s,
ssml:say-as (phrase variant),
ssml:say-as (text variant),
d:simplifiedLanguageDescription,
span,
ssml:sub,
d:summary,
td,
term,
th and
d:tour
Allowed children
This element may contain text.
This element may contain the following children: abbr,
annoref,
annotation,
ssml:break,
char,
citation,
code,
d,
definition,
emph (text variant),
emph (phrase variant),
expansion,
rend:linebreak,
ln,
m:math,
name,
note,
noteref,
num,
object (text variant),
object (phrase variant),
pagebreak,
ssml:phoneme (text variant),
ssml:phoneme (phrase variant),
ssml:prosody (text variant),
ssml:prosody (phrase variant),
quote,
ref,
its:ruby,
s,
ssml:say-as (text variant),
ssml:say-as (phrase variant),
span (text variant),
span (phrase variant),
sub,
ssml:sub (text variant),
ssml:sub (phrase variant),
sup,
term,
time,
ssml:token (text variant),
ssml:token (phrase variant) and
w
Content model and additional requirements
optional attributes:
@about,
@by,
@class,
@content,
@continuation,
@datatype,
@desc,
@its:dir,
@its:translate,
@property,
@rel,
@resource,
@rev,
@role,
@ssml:onlangfailure,
@typeof,
@xml:base,
@xml:id,
@xml:lang and
@xml:spaceone or more of
a choice of either one of the 45 elements:
abbr,
annoref,
annotation,
char,
citation,
code,
d,
definition,
emph,
emph,
expansion,
its:ruby,
ln,
m:math,
name,
note,
noteref,
num,
object,
object,
pagebreak,
quote,
ref,
rend:linebreak,
s,
span,
span,
ssml:break,
ssml:break,
ssml:phoneme,
ssml:phoneme,
ssml:prosody,
ssml:prosody,
ssml:say-as,
ssml:say-as,
ssml:sub,
ssml:sub,
ssml:token,
ssml:token,
sub,
sup,
term,
time,
w or
wor text
end of choice
Note that in addition to restrictions presented in the content model above,
use of this element must also respect the following requirement:
- The
definition element must neither be empty nor contain only whitespace.
Such requirements take precedence over any conflicting statements in the
content model or in the lists above of allowed children and parents.
Namespace
http://www.daisy.org/ns/z3998/authoring/