<gloss>

<gloss> identifies a phrase or word used to provide a gloss or definition for some other word or phrase. 3.3.4 Terms, Glosses, Equivalents, and Descriptions
Module core — 3 Elements Available in All TEI Documents
In addition to global attributes att.declaring (@decls) att.translatable (@version) att.typed (@type, @subtype) att.pointing (@target, @evaluate)
cRef (canonical reference) identifies the associated term element using a canonical reference from a scheme defined in a refsDecl element in the TEI header
Status Optional
Datatype

<rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
data.pointer
Values the result of applying the algorithm for the resolution of canonical references (described in section 16.2.5 Canonical References) should be a valid URI reference that resolves to a term element
Note
The refsDecl to use may be indicated with the decls attribute.
Used by
May contain
Declaration

<rng:element name="gloss">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.declaring.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.translatable.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.typed.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.pointing.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="cRef">
   <rng:ref name="data.pointer"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>
element gloss
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.declaring.attributes,
   att.translatable.attributes,
   att.typed.attributes,
   att.pointing.attributes,
   attribute cRef { data.pointer }?,
   macro.phraseSeq
}
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
The target and cRef attributes are mutually exclusive.