###### 3.2.4.2.3 glossgroup

The <glossgroup> is a specialized topic element that may be used to contain multiple <glossentry> topics within a single collection.

###### Contains

Doctype | Content model
ditabase, glossgroup | ( (title) then (prolog) (optional) then (glossgroup or glossentry) (any number) )

###### Contained by

Doctype | Content model
ditabase | dita, topic, concept, task, reference, glossgroup
glossgroup | glossgroup

###### Inheritance

- topic/topic concept/concept glossgroup/glossgroup

###### Example

    <glossgroup id="things" xml:lang="en">
      <title>Some terms</title>
      <glossentry id="bicycle">
        <glossterm>bicycle</glossterm>
        <glossdef>Human powered mode of transport
           with two wheels</glossdef>
      </glossentry>
      <glossentry id="fruitbat">
        <glossterm>Fruit bat</glossterm>
        <glossdef>A bat which likes fruit</glossdef>
      </glossentry>
    </glossgroup>

###### Attributes

Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required?
id | This ID enables topics to be referenced uniquely by topicrefs in DITA maps. | ID |  | Yes
conref-atts attribute group (conref, conrefend, conaction, conkeyref) | A set of related attributes; includes all of the attributes described in 3.4.1.4 id-atts attribute group except for the id attribute. |  |  |
xmlns:ditaarch | Declares the default DITA namespace. |  | "http://dita.​oasis-open.​org/​architecture/​2005/" |
DITAArchVersion | Designates the version of the architecture that is in use. The default value will increase with each release of DITA. | CDATA | "1.2" | No
domains | Indicates the specialized domains that are included in the DTD or Schema. This value will differ depending on what domains are included in the current DTD or Schema. | CDATA | Varies based on the DTD or Schema; a sample value is "(topic ui-d) (topic hi-d) (topic pr-d) (topic sw-d) (topic ut-d) (topic indexing-d)" | No
select-atts attribute group (props, base, platform, product, audience, otherprops, importance, rev, status) | A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.5 select-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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