If you consider the practicalities of inputting index terms, the indexer
inputs each term independently and established as the source whether the
term is a primary, secondary, or tertiary term. Each index items must be
input independently. You're not building an index as a whole.
JoAnn
-----Original Message-----
From: Grosso, Paul [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 10:49 AM
To:
Subject: RE: [dita] Nested index terms
Thanks for answering, Paul.
I'd be interested in hearing what others think too,
both in terms of what users would do/expect and in
terms of what other current implementors do.
More comments below.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Prescod [mailto:]
> Sent: Friday, 2005 September 30 10:43
> To: Grosso, Paul;
> Subject: [dita] Nested index terms
>
> I don't think that Paul got an answer to his question. Your
> code in the
> second example below should generate:
>
> Top level
> Nested 1
> Nested 2
>
> That's how Blast Radius implemented it anyhow.
So, am I correct to understand that you're saying that:
<indexterm>Top level
<indexterm>Nested 1</indexterm>
<indexterm>Nested 2</indexterm>
</indexterm>
is effectively equivalent to:
<indexterm>Top level
<indexterm>Nested 1</indexterm>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>Top level
<indexterm>Nested 2</indexterm>
</indexterm>
> The second example should probably be treated as an error. It
Do you mean "first example" here?
paul
> is a flaw
> of XML schemas and DTDs (inherited from SGML!) that does not make it
> possible for us to specify that explicitly in the DTD/schema.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grosso, Paul [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:08 AM
> To:
> Subject: RE: [dita] Groups - DITA 1.1 Issue #45: Add See, See Also
> indexing elements (IssueNumber45.html) uploaded
>
>
> There is something about indexterm (irrespective of
> this current proposal) that has always concerned me:
> its mixed content model. Is something like:
>
> <indexterm>Top level
> <indexterm>Nested</indexterm>
> index term content.
> </indexterm>
>
> allowed (the DTD allows it)? If so, what are the
> processing expectations?
>
> Also, what are the processing expectations of
>
> <indexterm>Top level
> <indexterm>Nested 1</indexterm>
> <indexterm>Nested 2</indexterm>
> </indexterm>
>
> (the DTD allows this too)?
>
>
