自じ己こ規き定てい項こう目もく

noun

self-defining term

Computing term for a term whose definition is self-referential or self-contained, often used in data structures or formal specifications.

• XMLでは、要よう素そ名めいが自じ己こ規き定てい項こう目もくとして扱あつかわれることがある。

  In XML, element names are sometimes treated as self-defining terms.