## ISO Standards Tag Set (ISOSTS) version 1.0: A customization of NISO JATS version 0.4

#### International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

# <abbrev>

# Abbreviation or Acronym

Abbreviation, acronym, or emoticon used in the text of a document, possibly including an expansion of the acronym.

## Remarks

The <abbrev> element is intended for marking abbreviations in running prose, and not for the documentation of common abbreviations in a list of symbols and abbreviated terms.

## Attributes

##### alt Alternative Text

##### content-type Type of Content

##### id Identifier

##### specific-use Specific Use

##### xlink:actuate Actuating the Link

##### xlink:href Href (Linking Mechanism)

##### xlink:role Role of the Link

##### xlink:show Showing the Link

##### xlink:title Title of the Link

##### xlink:type Type of Link

##### xmlns:xlink XLink Namespace Declaration

##### xml:lang Language

## Model Description

Any combination of:

- Text, numbers, or special characters
- <def> Definition List: Definition

### This element may be contained in:

<addr-line>, <article-title>, <attrib>, <award-id>, <bold>, <collab>, <comment>, <compl>, <def-head>, <element-citation>, <full>, <funding-source>, <intro>, <italic>, <license-p>, <main>, <meta-value>, <mixed-citation>, <monospace>, <named-content>, <overline>, <p>, <preformat>, <roman>, <sans-serif>, <sc>, <strike>, <styled-content>, <sub>, <subtitle>, <sup>, <supplement>, <td>, <term>, <term-head>, <th>, <title>, <trans-title>, <underline>, <verse-line>

### Example

    <standard>
      <front>
        <iso-meta>...</iso-meta>
      </front>
      <body>
        ...
        <sec>
          <label>4.1</label>
          <title>Univariate symbols</title>
          <p>The symbols used when there is only one quality
            characteristic in the class are as follows.</p>
          <def-list list-type="symbol-list">
            <def-item>
              <term><italic>f<sub>s</sub></italic></term>
              <def>
                <p>factor that relates the maximum sample standard
                  deviation (<abbrev>MSSD</abbrev>) to the difference between
                  <italic>U</italic> and <italic>L</italic>
                  (<xref rid="anx-d">see Annex D</xref>)</p>
              </def>
            </def-item>
          </def-list>
          ...
          </sec>
      </body>
      ...
    </standard>

## Module

JATS-phrase0.ent

## ISO Standards Tag Set (ISOSTS) version 1.0: A customization of NISO JATS version 0.4

#### Version of April 2012