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<compound-kwd> Compound Keyword

Wrapper element for multi-part keywords (for example, a code and its description/title/meaning).

Usage/Remarks

When to Use Compound Keyword

Some keywords are a simple word or phrase; such keywords should generally be tagged using the <kwd> element. The <compound-kwd> element is used when keywords are composed of multiple parts, such as:
  • a code and its meaning, or
  • an abbreviation and its expansion.
Language in Keywords
Keywords are contained in <kwd-group> elements. There may be several <kwd-group>s, each of which can be identified separately by language, vocabulary, or taxonomy source. Since different languages could mean, for example, different writing directions, none of the individual keyword elements (<kwd>, <compound-kwd>, <nested-kwd>) take the @xml:lang attribute; that is reserved for the <kwd-group> element. This means that if there are keywords in several languages they should be in different <kwd-group>s.
Vocabulary Attributes
For controlled vocabularies, two attributes can be used to link a keyword to specific term source in a controlled vocabulary:
  • @vocab-term — This attribute holds the canonical form of the keyword as expressed in the vocabulary named in the <kwd-group>. The content of the keyword element (<kwd>, <compound-kwd>, <nested-kwd>) might not be exactly the same as the canonical form of the term, as the keyword element content might be a user-specific variant, for example, the term in another language.
  • @vocab-term-identifier — This attribute holds a unique identifier and possible pointer to the specific term in the named vocabulary (typically a URI or DOI reference), but @vocab-term-identifier could be an item number or other system-specific identifier.
If the controlled vocabulary is it not named on the <kwd-group>, it is also possible to use two additional vocabulary attributes on <kwd> to name the entire controlled vocabulary:
  • @vocab — This attribute holds the name of a controlled or generic (uncontrolled) vocabulary, taxonomy, ontology, database, thesaurus, etc. that is the source of the keywords in the group, for example, “CRediT”, “inspec”, “structural engineering”, or “VWL”. In cases where there is no named vocabulary, the @vocab attribute should be set to “uncontrolled”.
  • @vocab-identifier — This attribute holds a unique identifier and possible pointer to the named vocabulary (typically a URI or DOI reference).
Related Elements
Types of Keywords: This Tag Set contains several differently-structured types of keywords:
  • <kwd> Used with simple keywords, such as words or phrases.
  • <compound-kwd> Used with multi-part keywords, such as keywords that contain both a code and its expansion/description/name/title.
  • <nested-kwd> Used with hierarchical keyword structures, such as taxonomies, to record a portion of a taxonomic hierarchy. Both simple and compound keywords can be nested hierarchically.
Keywords vs Subjects Terms: Subject terms (collected within a <subj-group> element) name broad classifications, categories, topics, or themes that describe or classify a standard. Keywords (collected within a <kwd-group> element) contain words from the narrative text or words (such as broader and narrower terms) related to that text.
Attributes
assigning-authority
content-type
specific-use
vocab
vocab-identifier
vocab-term
vocab-term-identifier

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
Models and Context
May be contained in
<kwd-group>, <nested-kwd>
Description
<compound-kwd-part> Compound Keyword Part, one or more
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  compound-kwd %compound-kwd-model;                         >
Expanded Content Model

(compound-kwd-part+)

Tagged Sample

INSPEC keywords added by SDO

...
<kwd-group id="KG1" originator="ASME" vocab="Inspec"
  vocab-identifier="http://www.theiet.org/resources/inspec/about/records/ithesaurus.cfm"
  xml:lang="en">
 <compound-kwd id="KG1.1">
  <compound-kwd-part content-type="code">A7865P</compound-kwd-part>
  <compound-kwd-part content-type="text">Optical properties of other 
   inorganic semiconductors and insulators (thin films/low dimensional 
   structures)</compound-kwd-part>
 </compound-kwd>

 <compound-kwd id="KG1.2">
  <compound-kwd-part content-type="code">A7865T</compound-kwd-part>
  <compound-kwd-part content-type="text">Optical properties of organic
   compounds and polymers (thin films/low dimensional structures)</compound-kwd-part>
 </compound-kwd>
</kwd-group>
...
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