CML element definition

Abstract	false (This can be used in an instance)
Nillable	false (Instance values cannot use xsi:nil)
Target Namespace	http://www.xml-cml.org/schema/stmml
Declared Namespaces	xmlns:sch=http://www.ascc.net/xml/schematron xmlns:xsd=http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema xmlns=http://www.xml-cml.org/schema/stmml

<xsd:element name="definition" id="el.definition">
    <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>
            <div class="summary">
                <p>The definition for a dictionary entry, scientific units, etc.</p>
            </div>
            <div class="description">
                <p>
The definition should be a short nounal phrase definining the
subject of the entry. Definitions should not include commentary, implementations,
equations or formulae (unless the subject is one of these) or examples. The
                    <tt>description</tt>
element can be used for these.
</p>
                <p>
The definition can be in any markup language, but normally XHTML will be used,
perhaps with links to other XML namespaces such as CML for chemistry.
                </p>
            </div>
            <div class="example">
                <em>From the IUPAC Dictionary of Medicinal Chemistry</em>
                <br/>
                <pre>
<entry id="a7" term="Allosteric enzyme">
<definition>An <a href="#e3">enzyme</a>
that contains a region to which small, regulatory molecules
("effectors") may bind in addition to and separate from the
substrate binding site and thereby affect the catalytic
activity.
</definition>
<description>On binding the effector, the catalytic activity of the
<strong>enzyme</strong> towards the substrate may be enhanced, in
which case the effector is an activator, or reduced, in which case
it is a de-activator or inhibitor.
</description>
</entry>
                </pre>
            </div>
        </xsd:documentation>
    </xsd:annotation>
    <xsd:complexType mixed="true">
        <xsd:sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
            <xsd:any processContents="lax"/>
        </xsd:sequence>
        <xsd:attributeGroup ref="source"/>
    </xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>

The definition should be a short nounal phrase definining the subject of the entry. Definitions should not include commentary, implementations, equations or formulae (unless the subject is one of these) or examples. The description element can be used for these.

The definition can be in any markup language, but normally XHTML will be used, perhaps with links to other XML namespaces such as CML for chemistry.

From the IUPAC Dictionary of Medicinal Chemistry

<entry id="a7" term="Allosteric enzyme">
  <definition>An <a href="#e3">enzyme</a>
that contains a region to which small, regulatory molecules
("effectors") may bind in addition to and separate from the
substrate binding site and thereby affect the catalytic
activity.
  </definition>
  <description>On binding the effector, the catalytic activity of the
<strong>enzyme</strong> towards the substrate may be enhanced, in
which case the effector is an activator, or reduced, in which case
it is a de-activator or inhibitor.
  </description>
</entry>

element {http://www.xml-cml.org/schema/stmml}definition

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