<refentry id="termdef.element" revision="4.5">
<?dbhtml filename="termdef.html"?>

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>termdef</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>termdef</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>termdef</refname>
<refpurpose>&termdef.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

&termdef.synopsis.gen;
<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para>A <sgmltag>termdef</sgmltag> is an inline term definition. Some styles
of documentation collect all terms together in a Glossary of some sort,
but another style is to place the definitions inline.</para>

<para>The <sgmltag>glossary</sgmltag> and <sgmltag>glosslist</sgmltag>
elements support the former style, <sgmltag>termdef</sgmltag> the
latter.</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>&format.inline;
</para>
</refsect2>

&termdef.parents.gen;
&termdef.children.gen;

</refsect1>

</refentry>

