<nav-pointer>

Navigation Pointer

The cross-reference-like element used to point from a Table of Contents entry (<toc-entry>) or Index Entry (<index-entry>) to the place in the text being referenced.

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Document Internal Identifier
nav-pointer-type Type of Navigation Pointer
rid Reference to an Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language of an Element

Model Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<index-entry>, <nav-pointer-group>, <toc-div>, <toc-entry>

Example 1

In an index, with page numbers:
...
<back>
 <index>
  <index-title-group>
   <title>INDEX</title>
  </index-title-group>
  <index-entry>
   <term>Abbreviations</term>
   <nav-pointer-group
    ><nav-pointer specific-use="paragraph" rid="idx869"/>
    <nav-pointer specific-use="page">7</nav-pointer></nav-pointer-group>
  </index-entry>

  <index-entry>
   <term>Acquisition Management Systems Control (AMSC) number</term>
   <nav-pointer-group
    ><nav-pointer specific-use="paragraph" rid="idx284"/>
    <nav-pointer specific-use="page">2</nav-pointer></nav-pointer-group>
   <nav-pointer-group
    ><nav-pointer specific-use="paragraph" rid="idx752"/>
    <nav-pointer specific-use="page">6</nav-pointer></nav-pointer-group>
   <nav-pointer-group
    ><nav-pointer specific-use="paragraph" rid="idx1235"/>
    <nav-pointer specific-use="page">19</nav-pointer></nav-pointer-group>
  </index-entry>
 </index>
 ...
</back>
...

Example 2

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 3

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>
...

Example 4

In a Table of Contents:
...
<front>
 ...
 <toc>
  <toc-title-group>
   <title>Table of Contents</title>
  </toc-title-group>
  <toc-entry>
   <title>Foreword</title>
   <nav-pointer rid="fwd"/>
  </toc-entry>
  <toc-entry>
   <label>1</label>
   <title>Purpose</title>
   <nav-pointer rid="s1"/>
  </toc-entry>
  <toc-entry>
   <label>2</label>
   <title>Scope</title>
   <nav-pointer rid="s2"/>
   <toc-entry>
    <label>2.1</label>
    <title>The Journal Archive and Interchange Tag Set</title>
    <nav-pointer rid="s2.1"/>
   </toc-entry>
   <toc-entry>
    <label>2.2</label>
    <title>The Journal Publishing Tag Set</title>
    <nav-pointer rid="s2.2"/>
   </toc-entry>
   <toc-entry>
    <label>2.3</label>
    <title>The Article Authoring Tag Set</title>
    <nav-pointer rid="s2.3"/>
   </toc-entry>
  </toc-entry>
  <toc-entry>
   <label>3</label>
   <title>Format of this Standard</title>
   <nav-pointer rid="s3"/>
   <toc-entry>
    <label>3.1</label>
    <title>Description of the Tag Suite</title>
    <nav-pointer rid="s3.1"/>
   </toc-entry>
   <toc-entry>
    <label>3.2</label>
    <title>Description of each Tag Set</title>
    <nav-pointer rid="s3.2"/>
   </toc-entry>
  </toc-entry>
  ...
 </toc>
 ...
</front>
...

Example 5

In a Table of Contents, including print page numbers:
...
<front>
 ...
 <toc>
  <toc-title-group>
   <title>Table of Contents</title>
  </toc-title-group>
  <toc-entry>
   <title>Foreword</title>
   <nav-pointer rid="fwd">iii</nav-pointer>
  </toc-entry>
  <toc-entry>
   <label>1</label>
   <title>Purpose</title>
   <nav-pointer rid="s1">1</nav-pointer>
  </toc-entry>
  <toc-entry>
   <label>2</label>
   <title>Scope</title>
   <nav-pointer rid="s2">1</nav-pointer>
   <toc-entry>
    <label>2.1</label>
    <title>The Journal Archive and Interchange Tag Set</title>
    <nav-pointer rid="s2.1">2</nav-pointer>
   </toc-entry>
   <toc-entry>
    <label>2.2</label>
    <title>The Journal Publishing Tag Set</title>
    <nav-pointer rid="s2.2">2</nav-pointer>
   </toc-entry>
   <toc-entry>
    <label>2.3</label>
    <title>The Article Authoring Tag Set</title>
    <nav-pointer rid="s2.3">2</nav-pointer>
   </toc-entry>
  </toc-entry>
  <toc-entry>
   <label>3</label>
   <title>Format of this Standard</title>
   <nav-pointer rid="s3">2</nav-pointer>
   <toc-entry>
    <label>3.1</label>
    <title>Description of the Tag Suite</title>
    <nav-pointer rid="s3.1">2</nav-pointer>
   </toc-entry>
   <toc-entry>
    <label>3.2</label>
    <title>Description of each Tag Set</title>
    <nav-pointer rid="s3.2">3</nav-pointer>
   </toc-entry>
  </toc-entry>
  ...
 </toc>
 ...
</front>
...

NISO STS 1.0 Tag Suite Components

Version of October 2017

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