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<term>

<term> contains a single-word, multi-word, or symbolic designation which is regarded as a technical term. [3.3.4. Terms, Glosses, Equivalents, and Descriptions]
Modulecore
AttributesAttributes att.global (@xml:id, @n, @xml:lang, @xml:base, @xml:space) (att.global.rendition (@rend, @rendition)) (att.global.responsibility (@cert, @resp)) att.pointing (@target) att.typed (@type)
target
Status Optional
type
Status Optional
Member of
model.emphLike
Contained by
core: abbr author bibl biblScope date desc editor email emph foreign head hi item label mentioned name note num p pubPlace publisher q quote ref soCalled term title
figures: cell
header: change classCode edition keywords language rendition
namesdates: affiliation forename orgName roleName surname
tagdocs: eg
transcr: supplied
May contain
core: abbr date email emph foreign gap graphic hi lb mentioned name note num ptr ref soCalled term title
figures: figure
header: idno
namesdates: affiliation forename orgName roleName surname
tagdocs: att code gi ident tag val
transcr: supplied
Declaration
element term
{
   attribute target { text }?,
   attribute type { text }?,
   macro.phraseSeq
}
Example
A computational device that infers structure
from grammatical strings of words is known as a <term>parser</term>, and much of the history
of NLP over the last 20 years has been occupied with the design of parsers.
Example
We may define <term xml:id="TDPV" rend="sc">discoursal point of view</term> as
<gloss target="#TDPV">the relationship, expressed
through discourse structure, between the implied author or some other addresser, and the
fiction.</gloss>
Note

This element is used to supply the form under which an index entry is to be made for the location of a parent <index> element.

In formal terminological work, there is frequently discussion over whether terms must be atomic or may include multi-word lexical items, symbolic designations, or phraseological units. The term element may be used to mark any of these. No position is taken on the philosophical issue of what a term can be; the looser definition simply allows the term element to be used by practitioners of any persuasion.

As with other members of the att.canonical class, instances of this element occuring in a text may be associated with a canonical definition, either by means of a URI (using the ref attribute), or by means of some system-specific code value (using the key attribute). Because the mutually exclusive target and cRef attributes overlap with the function of the ref attribute, they are deprecated and may be removed at a subsequent release.