firstterm

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$Date: 2002/06/12 11:18:10 $

firstterm — The first occurrence of a term

Synopsis

Mixed Content Model

firstterm ::=
(#PCDATA|acronym|emphasis|trademark|link|olink|ulink|anchor|
 remark|subscript|superscript|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|
 indexterm|beginpage)*

Attributes

Common attributes

Name

Type

Default

linkend IDREF None

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.

Children

The following elements occur in firstterm: acronym, anchor, beginpage, emphasis, indexterm, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, link, olink, remark, subscript, superscript, trademark, ulink.

Attributes

linkend

Linkend points to a related element, perhaps the Glossary definition of the term.

See Also

glossterm.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE para PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
          "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<para>
In an <firstterm>Object Oriented</firstterm> programming language,
data and procedures (called <glossterm>methods</glossterm>) are
bound together.
</para>

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