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Generating a Glossary of Terms

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Prompt

Please generate a glossary of terms for this textbook. Go through all the markdown files in the /docs directory. For each document, identify any technical terms that should be clearly defined. Place all the terms sorted alphabetically in the glossary.md file. Place each term in a markdown level 4 header. Create ISO 11179 metadata registry definitions for each term where each definition is:

A term definition is considered to be consistent with ISO metadata registry guideline 11179 if it meets the following criteria:

  1. Precise
  2. Concise
  3. Distinct
  4. Non-circular
  5. Unencumbered with business rules

After each term, place an example of how this term is used in the textbook using the Example: format.