<index-div>

Index Division

Division, typically for the purposes of display, in a structural index, for example, a division holding the heading “A” and all of the initial alphabetically arranged index entries.

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Document Internal Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language of an Element

Model Description

The following, in order:

This element may be contained in:

<index>, <index-div>

Example 1

In an index with alphabetical divisions:
...
<back>
 <index>
  <index-title-group>
   <title>INDEX</title>
  </index-title-group>
  ...

  <index-div>
   <index-title-group>
    <title>D</title>
   </index-title-group>
   <index-entry>
    <term>degree of linear polarization</term>
    <nav-pointer-group
     ><nav-pointer specific-use="section" rid="sec_3.41"/></nav-pointer-group>
   </index-entry>

   <index-entry>
    <term>device efficiency</term>
    <nav-pointer-group
     ><nav-pointer specific-use="section" rid="sec_3.18"/></nav-pointer-group>
   </index-entry>

   <index-entry>
    <term>divergence angle</term>
    <nav-pointer-group
     ><nav-pointer specific-use="section" rid="sec_3.19.1"/>, 
     <nav-pointer specific-use="section" rid="sec_3.19.2"/></nav-pointer-group>
   </index-entry>
  </index-div>
  ...

 </index>
 ...
</back>
...

Example 2

In another index with alphabetical divisions, where an entry includes a page range:
...
<back>
 <index>
  <index-title-group><title>Index</title></index-title-group>
  <index-div>
   <index-title-group><title>A</title></index-title-group>
   ...
   <index-entry>
    <term>access vocabularies</term>
    <see-entry>entry terms</see-entry>
   </index-entry>
   ...
   <index-entry>
    <term>adjectives</term>
    <nav-pointer-group
     ><nav-pointer rid="idx320" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"
     >26</nav-pointer>&ndash;<nav-pointer rid="idx486" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"
     >27</nav-pointer></nav-pointer-group>    
    <see-also-entry>modifiers in compound terms</see-also-entry>
   </index-entry>
   ...
  </index-div>
  ...
 </index>
</back>
...

NISO STS 1.0 Tag Suite Components

Version of October 2017

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