\documentclass[a4paper]{report} \usepackage[colorlinks,plainpages=false]{hyperref} \usepackage[style=altlist, % use altlist style toc, % add the glossary to the table of contents sanitize={description=false},% want to use description in main document description% acronyms have a user-supplied description ]{glossaries} \makeglossaries \newacronym[description={Statistical pattern recognition technique~\protect\cite{svm}}, % acronym's description name={Support vector machine (svm)}% change the default way of displaying the entry name in the list of acronyms ]{svm}{svm}{support vector machine} \newacronym[description={Statistical pattern recognition technique using the ``kernel trick'' (see also SVM)},% acronym's description name={Kernel support vector machine (ksvm)}% change the default way of displaying the entry name in the list of acronyms ]{ksvm}{ksvm}{kernel support vector machine} \begin{document} \tableofcontents \chapter{Support Vector Machines} The \gls{svm} is used widely in the area of pattern recognition. % plural form with initial letter in uppercase: \Glspl{svm} are \ldots This is the text produced without a link: \glsentrytext{svm}. This is the text produced on first use without a link: \glsentryfirst{svm}. This is the entry's description without a link: \glsentrydesc{svm}. This is the entry in uppercase: \GLS{svm}. \chapter{Kernel Support Vector Machines} The \gls{ksvm} is \ifglsused{svm}{an}{a} \gls{svm} that uses the so called ``kernel trick''. \glsresetall Possessive: \gls{ksvm}['s]. Make the glossary entry number bold for this one \gls[format=hyperbf]{svm}. \begin{thebibliography}{1} \bibitem{svm} \ldots \end{thebibliography} \printglossary \end{document}