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Name

Synopsis

  (#PCDATA | FootnoteRef | XRef | Abbrev | Acronym | Citation
  | CiteRefEntry | CiteTitle | Emphasis | FirstTerm
  | ForeignPhrase | GlossTerm | Footnote | Phrase | Quote
  | Trademark | WordAsWord | Link | OLink | ULink | Action
  | Application | ClassName | Command | ComputerOutput
  | Database | Email | EnVar | ErrorCode | ErrorName
  | ErrorType | Filename | Function | GUIButton | GUIIcon
  | GUILabel | GUIMenu | GUIMenuItem | GUISubmenu | Hardware
  | Interface | InterfaceDefinition | KeyCap | KeyCode
  | KeyCombo | KeySym | Literal | Markup | MediaLabel
  | MenuChoice | MouseButton | MsgText | Option | Optional
  | Parameter | Prompt | Property | Replaceable | ReturnValue
  | SGMLTag | StructField | StructName | Symbol | SystemItem
  | Token | Type | UserInput | Anchor | Author | AuthorInitials
  | CorpAuthor | ModeSpec | OtherCredit | ProductName
  | ProductNumber | RevHistory | Comment | Subscript
  | Superscript
  | InlineGraphic)+

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Name	Value(s)	Type	Default Value
SortAs	CDATA	#IMPLIED

Tag Minimization

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

Description

Word or phrase occurring in the text that is to appear in the index under as a primary entry. It must be nested within IndexTerm tags. Primary may contain in-line elements. It has SortAs and common attributes. SortAs can be used to provide an alternate string for alphabetizing the index: if Primary has the content "14" one might give Primary the attribute Sortas="fourteen".

Parents

Primary occurs in IndexTerm.

Children

Primary contains these elements: Abbrev, Acronym, Action, Anchor, Application, Author, AuthorInitials, Citation, CiteRefEntry, CiteTitle, ClassName, Command, Comment, ComputerOutput, CorpAuthor, Database, Email, Emphasis, EnVar, ErrorCode, ErrorName, ErrorType, Filename, FirstTerm, Footnote, FootnoteRef, ForeignPhrase, Function, GUIButton, GUIIcon, GUILabel, GUIMenu, GUIMenuItem, GUISubmenu, GlossTerm, Hardware, InlineGraphic, Interface, InterfaceDefinition, KeyCap, KeyCode, KeyCombo, KeySym, Link, Literal, Markup, MediaLabel, MenuChoice, ModeSpec, MouseButton, MsgText, OLink, Option, Optional, OtherCredit, #PCDATA, Parameter, Phrase, ProductName, ProductNumber, Prompt, Property, Quote, Replaceable, ReturnValue, RevHistory, SGMLTag, StructField, StructName, Subscript, Superscript, Symbol, SystemItem, Token, Trademark, Type, ULink, UserInput, WordAsWord, and XRef.

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

Attributes

SortAs

SortAs holds a string by which the element's content is to be sorted (alphabetized) in lieu of its proper content.

Examples

<CHAPTER>
<TITLE>A Chapter About IndexTerms</TITLE>
<PARA>IndexTerm can be an inclusion at the book component level;
an example beginning at the paragraph level won't parse.</PARA>
<PARA>This paragraph deals with two subjects that should
be listed in
the index:  how to rotate your terminal and how to adjust
it.  The information on rotation goes in the index
to the current document; that on adjustment goes in that
index and the index to the document set of which the
current document is a part.
<INDEXTERM SCOPE="local" SIGNIFICANCE="preferred">
<PRIMARY>rotating your terminal
</PRIMARY>
</INDEXTERM>
For the topic of rotation, this is the best place to look
for information, so the 
<SGMLTAG CLASS="attribute">Significance</SGMLTAG> attribute is set to 
&ldquo;Preferred&rdquo;. 
<INDEXTERM>
<PRIMARY>display device
</PRIMARY>
<SEE>terminal
</SEE>
</INDEXTERM>
<INDEXTERM>
<PRIMARY>terminal
</PRIMARY>
<SECONDARY>rotation of
</SECONDARY>
<TERTIARY>side to side
</TERTIARY>
</INDEXTERM>
<INDEXTERM SCOPE="all">
<PRIMARY>terminal
</PRIMARY>
<SECONDARY SORTAS="adjustments">adjustment of
</SECONDARY>
<SEEALSO>troubleshooting
</SEEALSO>
</INDEXTERM>
</PARA>
</CHAPTER>

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