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<index-term> Index Term

An index term to be embedded into the narrative of a standards document so that an Index can be created programmatically.

Usage/Remarks

Index entries are recursive, so if a category (“drinks”) contains a sub-category (“lemonade”), the category <index-term> will contain two components:
  • its own <term> (“drinks”), and
  • an <index-term> for the sub-category. This subordinate index term will contain its own <term> (“lemonade”). 
<index-term>
 <term>drinks</term>
 <index-term>
  <term>lemonade</term>
 </index-term>
</index-term>
An <index-term> is either a single target point or the start of an index range. When it is the start of a range, an @id attribute is required, so that the <index-term-range-end> element can point to the start of the range.
Attributes
content-type
index-type
specific-use
vocab
vocab-identifier
vocab-term
vocab-term-identifier

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<addr-line>, <alt-title>, <article-title>, <attrib>, <award-id>, <bold>, <code>, <collab>, <comment>, <compl>, <def-head>, <element-citation>, <fixed-case>, <full>, <funding-source>, <index-term>, <inline-code>, <intro>, <italic>, <license-p>, <main>, <meta-value>, <mixed-citation>, <monospace>, <named-content>, <overline>, <p>, <preformat>, <roman>, <sans-serif>, <sc>, <see>, <see-also>, <see-also-entry>, <see-entry>, <strike>, <styled-content>, <sub>, <subtitle>, <sup>, <supplement>, <tbx:termEntry>, <td>, <term>, <term-head>, <th>, <title>, <trans-subtitle>, <trans-title>, <underline>, <verse-line>
Description
The following, in order:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT index-term    %index-term-model;                           >
Expanded Content Model

(term, (index-term | (see | see-also)*))

Tagged Sample

Acronym indexed under full form

...
<p>The approved and dated document shall have one-inch 
margins. Approved and dated unclassified documents 
shall be sent to the DoDSSP<index-term id="idx688">
<term>DoD Single Stock Point</term></index-term> in 
searchable Portable Document Format (<abbrev>PDF</abbrev>) 
using the Electronic Document Submittal tool in the 
ASSIST database.</p>
...
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