<termentry>
Topic<termentry>
DITA topic type, similar to
<glossentry>
topic.<glossentry>
TopicBuilt for glossaries, not for terminology databases.
<glossStatus>
@value
has no values defined<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>
<termentry>
Topic<glossentry>
based glossary
(e.g. for the end user) and the <termentry>
based terminology base,
e.g. by <ph>
(e.g. for internal terms)<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE termentry PUBLIC "-//DOCTALES//DTD DITA DOCTALES Termentry//EN" "termentry.dtd">
<termentry id="truck">
<title>Truck</title>
<definition>
<definitionText>A truck is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo.</definitionText>
<definitionSource>
<sourceReference href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck"
format="html" scope="external">
Wikipedia
</sourceReference>
</definitionSource>
</definition>
<termBody>
<agreedWith>
<termCommitteeMember>Heinrich Müller</termCommitteeMember>
<termCommitteeMember>Günther Schmidt</termCommitteeMember>
</agreedWith>
<fullForm language="de-DE" usage="preferred">
<termVariant>Lastkraftwagen</termVariant>
</fullForm>
<acronym language="de-DE" usage="preferred">
<termVariant>LKW</termVariant>
</acronym>
<fullForm language="en-US" usage="preferred">
<termVariant>truck</termVariant>
</fullForm>
<fullForm language="en-GB" usage="preferred">
<termVariant>lorry</termVariant>
</fullForm>
<fullForm language="en-GB" usage="notRecommended">
<termVariant>truck</termVariant>
</fullForm>
</termBody>
<relations>
<relatedTerms>
<relatedTerm keyref="car"/>
</relatedTerms>
</relations>
</termentry>