`<glossAlt>`

The <glossAlt> element contains information about a variant for the term that is specified in the <glossterm> element. A variant might include an acronym or a synonym.

Usage information

The variant should have the same meaning as the term in the <glossterm> element; the variant is simply another way to refer to the same term. There might be many ways to refer to a term; each variant is placed in its own <glossAlt> element. The <glossUsage> element can be used within <glossAlt> to indicate when use of the alternate term is appropriate.

Specialization hierarchy

The <glossAlt> element is specialized from <section>. It is defined in the glossary entry module.

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: universal attributes.

Example

This section is non-normative.

The following code sample shows how a glossary entry topic might provide alternative forms of the term.

<glossentry id="usa">
  <glossterm>United States of America</glossterm>
  <glossdef>A federal republic in the northern Western Hemisphere comprising 48 contiguous 
     states, the District of Columbia, Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the North 
     Pacific, and in some contexts considered along with its five inhabited island 
     territories (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, North Mariana Islands, American 
     Samoa).</glossdef>
  <glossBody>
    <glossAlt>
      <glossAcronym>US</glossSynonym>
      <glossUsage>Used as an adjective.</glossUsage>
    </glossAlt>
    <glossAlt>
      <glossAcronym>USA</glossSynonym>
      <glossUsage>Used as a noun.</glossUsage>
    </glossAlt>
    <glossAlt>
      <glossSynonym>America</glossSynonym>
      <glossUsage>Do not use; the American continents include other countries.</glossUsage>
    </glossAlt>
  </glossBody>
</glossentry>