Element description

Synopsis

Content Model

((term,item)*)

Attributes

Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain description: block, list, sectbegin

Description

A glossary like list of <term>–<item> pairs.

Parents

article, chapter, index, item, letter, p, paragraph, proof, references, section, subparagraph, subsection, subsubsection, theorem

Children

item, term

Example

<description>
  <term>Red</term>
    <item>Pretty colour at the low enery end of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.</item>

  <term>Nine</term>
    <item>Odd number exactly between eight and ten.</item>

  <term>Rigel</term>
    <item>Star in the costallation of Orion.  A blue giant of spectral class B.</item>
</description>

This yields:

Red

Pretty colour at the low enery end of the visible electromagnetic spectrum.

Nine

Odd number exactly between eight and ten.

Rigel

Star in the costallation of Orion. A blue giant of spectral class B.