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Article object

Lists, symbol (glossaries)

Element or context:

<glossary>

NOTE: Lists of symbols are one form of glossary. A 'glossary' may take other forms and may or may not include a title. Abbreviation lists, symbol lists, and variable lists are all examples.

Requirements:

  1. Place the glossary object within a <sec> in <back>, just before acknowledgements (see the order of elements in the example, below)
  2. If the glossary is part of an appendix, then place it directly within <app>, just before any <ref-list> if one exists
  3. If the glossary is an abbreviation list, then set attribute 'content-type' on <glossary> to "abbrev-list"
  4. If the glossary is a list of symbols, then set attribute 'content-type' on <glossary> to "symbol-list"; note that if an abbreviation list also exists, the abbreviation list goes first, within the same <sec>
  5. Put the title of the glossary within <title> tags
  6. Set the terms and definitions of the glossary inside a <def-list>; see the example
  7. If the list contains headings, then use the <title> element within <def-list>; see the second definition list within <glossary>, below

Example:

<back> 
   <glossary content-type="symbol-list">
     <title>List of symbols</title>
      <def-list><title>Civil engineering symbols</title>
             <def-item><term><italic>A</italic></term><def><p>droplet cross-sectional area (m<sup>2</sup>)</p></def>/def-item>
             <def-item><term><italic>C</italic><sub>d</sub></term><def><p>drag coefficient</p></def></def-item>
             <def-item><term><italic>c</italic><sub>p</sub></term><def><p>fluctuating velocity (m/s)</p></def></def-item>
             <def-item><term><italic>C</italic><sub>s</sub></term>
        </def-list>
       <def-list><title>Mechanical engineering symbols</title>
             <def-item><term><italic>A</italic></term><def><p>droplet cross-sectional area (m<sup>2</sup>)</p></def>/def-item>
             <def-item><term><italic>C</italic><sub>d</sub></term><def><p>drag coefficient</p></def></def-item>
             <def-item><term><italic>c</italic><sub>p</sub></term><def><p>fluctuating velocity (m/s)</p></def></def-item>
             <def-item><term><italic>C</italic><sub>s</sub></term>
        </def-list>
 </glossary>
<ack>
<title>Acknowledgements</title>
   <p>The research was supported by the Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science 
Foundation of China (Grant No. 51321065), the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51339003), 
and the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China 
(Grant No. 20120032110045). The authors gratefully acknowledge the helpful comments of the editor 
and referees of this manuscript.</p>
</ack>
<ref-list>....