RE: [dita] Proposed revision for the keyword definition (was Keyw ords inDITA)

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Subject: RE: [dita] Proposed revision for the keyword definition (was Keyw	ords inDITA)

From: Erik Hennum <>

To: "Esrig, Bruce (Bruce)" <>

Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:04:09 -0800

Hi, Bruce:

Looks good to me.

Thanks,

Erik Hennum



"Esrig, Bruce (Bruce)" <>

"Esrig, Bruce (Bruce)" <> 

03/15/2005 07:57 AM

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RE: [dita] Proposed revision for the keyword definition (was Keyw	ords in DITA)

Here is some updated text for consideration.

 

Bruce

 

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The <keyword> element and its specializations are used to mark a word or compound word with special meaning in a particular domain. For special treatment of phrases, see <ph>.

In the prolog of a topic, the <keyword> element may appear within the <keywords> element. In this context, the contents of the <keyword> element indicate the subject of the topic. This information is intended to help an author classify and identify a topic, which can be used for search and retrieval applications and other applications such as flagging.

In the body of a topic, the <keyword> element delimits words and compound words that also appear within the text of the topic.

In either context, the preferred approach is to use a specialization of <keyword>. The specializations have special semantics associated with them. In the body of a topic, the specializations can be processed with special formatting in the output. If no appropriate specialization has been created, the author can use the outputclass attribute to indicate the semantic scope.