# Internal cross-referencing within glossary app - is this possible?

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**Created:** [November 1, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/internal-cross-referencing-within-glossary-app-is-this-possible/33883 "2021-11-01T23:52:09Z")\
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Hello! 👋

I am building a glossary app - a list of terms, defintions, acronyms, etc - and have come across a challenge I can’t wrestle to the ground. I’ve searched other apps and the community but to no avail, hence this post…

At its most simple, the glossary is a table with

```auto
Column A | Column B 
----------------------------------------------------------
Term (text) | Detailed definition (rich text)`
Term 1 | Definition 1....
Term 2 | Definition 2....

```

etc.

What I’d like to do is have the ability to cross-reference from one term to other related terms - for example, on the details screen (not the list) I’d like to be able to have a section below the defintion which says “See also” thus:

**Term 1**  
_Definition of term 1 in rich text_

**See also:**

- Term 10
- Term 13
- Term 35

This feels slightly circular - I’m referencing an element within the same table, which I need to be able to add (in a column… in a separate table… right?) and add more than one of these. I could place a limit on them (say a maximum of 5 cross-references), but is there an extensible, elegant way of doing this?

Thanks for reading, I’m happy to take direction and learn the right way of doing things, but I want to make sure I’m starting off on the right path. Any pointers welcome! 🙂

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