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IndexDiv

Name

IndexDiv---Division of an Index

Synopsis

Content Model
  (Title, TitleAbbrev?)?,
  ((ItemizedList | OrderedList | VariableList | SimpleList
  | LiteralLayout | ProgramListing | ProgramListingCO
  | Screen | ScreenCO | ScreenShot | Synopsis | CmdSynopsis
  | FuncSynopsis | FormalPara | Para | SimPara | Address
  | BlockQuote | Graphic | GraphicCO | InformalEquation
  | InformalExample | InformalTable | Anchor | Comment | Link
  | OLink | ULink)*, (IndexEntry+
  | SegmentedList))

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Tag Minimization

The start-tag is required for this element. The end-tag is optional, if your SGML declaration allows minimization.

Description

Division of an Index. It may have a Title and TitleAbbrev, some optional introductory matter (block-oriented elements, Anchors, Comments), and must then contain one or more IndexEntries or a SegmentedList (use a SegmentedList for a permuted index). It has common attributes.

Parents

These elements contain IndexDiv: Index, and SetIndex.

Children

IndexDiv contains these elements: Address, Anchor, BlockQuote, CmdSynopsis, Comment, FormalPara, FuncSynopsis, Graphic, GraphicCO, IndexEntry, InformalEquation, InformalExample, InformalTable, ItemizedList, Link, LiteralLayout, OLink, OrderedList, Para, ProgramListing, ProgramListingCO, Screen, ScreenCO, ScreenShot, SegmentedList, SimPara, SimpleList, Synopsis, Title, TitleAbbrev, ULink, and VariableList.

In some contexts, some of these elements may be invalid due to exclusions in parent elements.

Examples

<INDEX ID="ind123">
<TITLE>Index of Themes</TITLE>
<PARA ID="ind124">The index covers the themes of this book
and is self-referential.</PARA>
<INDEXDIV> 
<TITLE>Big Themes</TITLE>
<INDEXENTRY ID="ind125">
<PRIMARYIE LINKENDS="ind123 ind124">Index</PRIMARYIE>
<SECONDARYIE>of Themes</SECONDARYIE>
<TERTIARYIE>start of</TERTIARYIE>
</INDEXENTRY>
</INDEXDIV> 
<INDEXDIV> 
<TITLE>Little Themes</TITLE>
<INDEXENTRY>
<PRIMARYIE LINKENDS="ind123">Explanations</PRIMARYIE>
<SECONDARYIE>unsatisfactory</SECONDARYIE>
<SEEIE LINKEND="ind125">Index</SEEIE>
<SEEALSOIE LINKENDS="ind123 ind124">Index, first paragraph</SEEALSOIE>
</INDEXENTRY
</INDEXDIV>
</INDEX>


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