###### 3.2.4.1.8 glossBody

The <glossbody> element is used to provide details about a glossary term (such as part of speech or additional forms of the term).

###### Contains

Doctype | Content model
ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup | ( (glossPartOfSpeech) (optional) then (glossStatus) (optional) then (glossProperty) (any number) then (glossSurfaceForm) (optional) then (glossUsage) (optional) then (glossScopeNote) (optional) then (glossSymbol) (any number) then (note or hazardstatement) (any number) then (glossAlt) (any number) )

###### Contained by

Doctype | Content model
ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup | glossentry

###### Inheritance

- topic/body concept/conbody glossentry/glossBody

###### Example

The glossary term "USB flash drive" with additional information

    <glossentry id="usbfd">
      <glossterm>USB flash drive</glossterm>
      <glossdef>A small portable drive.</glossdef>
      <glossBody>
        <glossPartOfSpeech value="noun"/>
        <glossUsage>Do not provide in upper case (as in "USB Flash
    Drive") because that suggests a trademark.</glossUsage>
        <glossAlt>
          <glossAcronym>UFD</glossAcronym>
          <glossUsage>Explain the acronym on first occurrence.</glossUsage>
        </glossAlt>
        <glossAlt id="memoryStick">
          <glossSynonym>memory stick</glossSynonym>
          <glossUsage>This is a colloquial term.</glossUsage>
        </glossAlt>
        <glossAlt>
          <glossAbbreviation>stick</glossAbbreviation>
          <glossStatus value="prohibited"/>
          <glossUsage>This is too colloquial.</glossUsage>
          <glossAlternateFor href="#usbfd/memoryStick"/>
        </glossAlt>
        <glossAlt>
          <glossAbbreviation>flash</glossAbbreviation>
          <glossStatus value="prohibited"/>
          <glossUsage>This short form is ambiguous.</glossUsage>
        </glossAlt>
      </glossBody>
    </glossentry>

###### Attributes

Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required?
base | A generic attribute that has no specific purpose. It is intended to act as a base for specialized attributes that have a simple value syntax like the conditional processing attributes (one or more alphanumeric values separated by whitespace), but is not itself a filtering or flagging attribute. | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No
id-atts attribute group (id, conref, conrefend, conaction, conkeyref) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.4 id-atts attribute group |  |  |
localization-atts attribute group (translate, xml:lang, dir) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.6 localization-atts attribute group. |  |  |
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group |  |  |
class, outputclass | Common attributes described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes |  |  |

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Parent Topic: 3.2.4.1 Glossentry elements

Sibling Topics:

3.2.4.1.1 glossentry

3.2.4.1.2 glossterm

3.2.4.1.3 glossdef

3.2.4.1.4 glossAbbreviation

3.2.4.1.5 glossAcronym

3.2.4.1.6 glossAlt

3.2.4.1.7 glossAlternateFor

3.2.4.1.9 glossPartOfSpeech

3.2.4.1.10 glossProperty

3.2.4.1.11 glossScopeNote

3.2.4.1.12 glossShortForm

3.2.4.1.13 glossStatus

3.2.4.1.14 glossSurfaceForm

3.2.4.1.15 glossSymbol

3.2.4.1.16 glossSynonym

3.2.4.1.17 glossUsage