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IndexEntry

Name

IndexEntry---Entry in an Index

Synopsis

Content Model
  PrimaryIE,
  (SeeIE | SeeAlsoIE)*,
  (SecondaryIE, (SeeIE | SeeAlsoIE | TertiaryIE)*)*

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

Entry in an Index. It contains a PrimaryIE, which may be followed by any number of SeeIEs and SeeAlsoIEs; these may be followed by any number of sets of SecondaryIEs followed by TertiaryIEs, SeeIEs, and SeeAlsoIEs. It has common attributes.

Parents

These elements contain IndexEntry: Index, IndexDiv, and SetIndex.

Children

IndexEntry contains these elements: PrimaryIE, SecondaryIE, SeeAlsoIE, SeeIE, and TertiaryIE.

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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