Re: [dita-comment] no support for <sup> and <sub> in some glossaryelements?

[Eliot Kimber <ekimber@reallysi.com>]

I can't speak to the design decisions behind the glossary markup, but it
does seem odd that the content model for e.g., glossAbbreviation does not
allow <ph>:

<!ENTITY % glossAbbreviation.content
                       "(#PCDATA |
                         %keyword; |
                         %term; |
                         %tm;)*"
>

Since <sup> and <sub> are specializations of <ph> they are excluded from
this content model.

Cheers,

Eliot

On 2/9/11 4:29 PM, "Amber Swope" <amberswope@gmail.com> wrote:

> I need to indicate a chemical or equation �formula� for a glossary term and
> the glossary elements that seem to be the most appropriate for this usage do
> not support the <sup> and <sub> elements:  <glossAbbreviation>,
> <glossAcronym>, <glossShortForm>, and <glossSynonym>.  For example, for the
> term �water�, the chemical expression is H2O; my first choice for capturing
> the expression is <glossShortForm>, but it doesn�t support <sub>. Another
> example is the term �terminal velocity� with the equation symbol of Vt.
>  
> Is there a specific reason for this limitation? Any suggestions for a
> workaround other than appropriating <glossProperty>? In these cases,
> <glossUsage> is already taken.
>  
> Thanks, A
>  
>  
> Amber Swope
> dita specialist
> <dita strategies>
> 503.922.3038
> amberswope@gmail.com
>  

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