index

index — An index to a book or part of a book

Synopsis

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Additional attributes:

  • label
  • status

Additional Constraints

  • The root element must have a version attribute.

Description

An Index contains the formatted index of a document. An index may begin with introductory material, followed by any number of IndexEntrys or IndexDivs.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. An Index in a Book frequently causes a forced page break in print media.

In many processing systems, indexes are generated automatically or semiautomatically and never appear instantiated as DocBook markup.

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

label

Specifies an identifying string for presentation purposes

status

Identifies the editorial or publication status of the element on which it occurs

Parents

These elements contain index: appendix, article, book, chapter, part, preface, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section.

Examples

An index with a title and indexdivs.

<index xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<title>Index</title>

<indexdiv><title>D</title>
<indexentry>
  <primaryie>database (bibliographic), 253, 255</primaryie>
  <secondaryie>structure, 255</secondaryie>
  <secondaryie>tools, 259</secondaryie>
</indexentry>
<indexentry>
  <primaryie>dates (language specific), 179</primaryie>
</indexentry>
<indexentry>
  <primaryie>DC fonts, <emphasis>172</emphasis>, 177</primaryie>
  <secondaryie>Math fonts, 177</secondaryie>
</indexentry>
</indexdiv>
</index>


An index without a title or divisions.

<index xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
<indexentry>
  <primaryie>Example</primaryie>
  <secondaryie>Chapter</secondaryie>
  <seeie>Example Chapter</seeie>
</indexentry>

<indexentry>
  <primaryie>Example Chapter, 35-48</primaryie>
  <seealsoie>Examples</seealsoie>
</indexentry>

<indexentry>
  <primaryie>Examples, 18, 36, 72-133</primaryie>
</indexentry>

</index>

ChangeLog

This alpha reference page is $Revision: 1.4 $ published $Date: 2005/10/30 21:59:13 $.