Book Interchange Tag Suite (BITS) Version 1.0 Tag Library Version 1.0

<index-entry>

Index Entry

One entry, with all its subdivisions, see and see also terms, and navigational pointers (if any) in a structural index.

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Document Internal Identifier
sort-key Sort Key for Index Entry
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  index-entry  %index-entry-model;                          >

Expanded Content Model

(term, (ext-link | nav-pointer | nav-pointer-group)*, (index-entry | see-entry | see-also-entry | x)*)

Description

The following, in order:

This element may be contained in:

<index>, <index-div>, <index-entry>

Example 1

Back of Book Index with links into the text:

    
...
<book-back>
<index>
<title-group><title>Index</title></title-group>
...
<index-div>
<title-group><title>N</title></title-group>
...
<index-entry>
  <term>Navy</term><x>.</x>
  <see-entry>Armed forces</see-entry><x>.</x>
</index-entry>
<index-entry>
  <term>Necessary and proper clause, congressional power</term>
  <nav-pointer-group>...</nav-pointer-group>
</index-entry>
<index-entry>
  <term>Newsgathering as commerce</term>
  <nav-pointer-group>
     <nav-pointer rid="idx13" nav-pointer-type="point"/>
   </nav-pointer-group>
</index-entry>
<index-entry>
  <term>Newspapers</term><x> (</x><see-also-entry>Speech 
    and press</see-also-entry><x>):</x>
  <index-entry>
    <term>Contempt for publication</term>
    <nav-pointer-group>
      <nav-pointer rid="idx14-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash;
      <nav-pointer rid="idx14-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>
    </nav-pointer-group>
  </index-entry>
  <index-entry>
    <term>Exclusion from mails</term>
    <nav-pointer-group>
      <nav-pointer rid="idx15" nav-pointer-type="point"/>
    </nav-pointer-group>
  </index-entry>
</index-entry>
</index-div>
...
</index></book-back>
...

Back of Book Index with print page numbers:

    
...
<book-back>
<index>
<title-group><title>Index</title></title-group>
...
<index-div>
<title-group><title>N</title></title-group>
...
<index-entry>
  <term>Navy</term><x>.</x>
  <see-entry>Armed forces</see-entry><x>.</x>
</index-entry>
<index-entry>
  <term>Necessary and proper clause, congressional power</term>
  <nav-pointer-group>...</nav-pointer-group>
</index-entry>
<index-entry>
  <term>Newsgathering as commerce</term>
  <nav-pointer-group>
    <nav-pointer rid="idx13" nav-pointer-type="point">162</nav-pointer>
  </nav-pointer-group>
</index-entry>
<index-entry>
  <term>Newspapers</term><x> (</x><see-also-entry>Speech 
    and press</see-also-entry><x>):</x>
  <index-entry>
    <term>Contempt for publication</term>
    <nav-pointer-group>
      <nav-pointer rid="idx14-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">627</nav-pointer>&ndash;
      <nav-pointer rid="idx14-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">629</nav-pointer>
    </nav-pointer-group>
  </index-entry>
  <index-entry>
    <term>Exclusion from mails</term>
    <nav-pointer-group>
      <nav-pointer rid="idx15" nav-pointer-type="point">290</nav-pointer>
    </nav-pointer-group>
  </index-entry>
</index-entry>
</index-div>
...
</index></book-back>
...

Example 2

Back of Book Index with nested index terms and links into the text:

    
...
<book-back>
  <index>
    <title-group><title>Index</title></title-group>
    ...
    <index-div>
      <title-group><title>I</title></title-group>
      ...
      <index-entry>
        <term>Interstate commerce</term><x>:</x>
        ...
        <index-entry>
          <term>State powers, taxation and regulation</term>
          <nav-pointer-group>
            <nav-pointer rid="idx1-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash;<nav-pointer 
              rid="idx1-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>
          </nav-pointer-group>
          <index-entry>
            <term>Balancing test, modern standard</term>
            <nav-pointer-group>
              <nav-pointer rid="idx2-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash;<nav-pointer 
                rid="idx2-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>
            </nav-pointer-group>
          </index-entry>
          <index-entry>
            <term>Regulation of commerce</term>
            <nav-pointer-group>
              <nav-pointer rid="idx6-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash;<nav-pointer
                rid="idx6-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>, <nav-pointer rid="idx7-1"
                nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash;<nav-pointer rid="idx7-2"
                nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>, <nav-pointer rid="idx8-1"
                nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash;<nav-pointer rid="idx8-2"
                nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>
            </nav-pointer-group>
          </index-entry>            
          <index-entry>
            <term>Taxation of commerce</term>
            <nav-pointer-group>
              <nav-pointer rid="idx10-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash; <nav-pointer
                rid="idx10-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>, <nav-pointer rid="idx11-1"
                nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash; <nav-pointer rid="idx11-2"
                nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>
            </nav-pointer-group>
            <index-entry>
              <term>Apportionment</term>
              <nav-pointer-group>
                <nav-pointer rid="idx12" nav-pointer-type="point"/>, <nav-pointer rid="idx13-1"
                  nav-pointer-type="start-of-range"/>&ndash; <nav-pointer rid="idx13-2"
                  nav-pointer-type="end-of-range"/>
              </nav-pointer-group>
            </index-entry>
            <index-entry>
              <term>Benefit relationship</term>
              <nav-pointer rid="idx14" nav-pointer-type="point"/>
            </index-entry>
          </index-entry>
        </index-entry>
      </index-entry> 
      <index-entry>
        <term>Interstate compacts</term><x>.</x>
        <see-entry>States, Agreements with other States</see-entry><x>.</x>
      </index-entry>
      ...
    </index-div>
    ...
  </index>
</book-back>
...

Back of Book Index with nested terms and print page numbers:

    
...
<book-back>
  <index>
    <title-group><title>Index</title></title-group>
    ...
    <index-div>
      <title-group><title>I</title></title-group>
      ...
      <index-entry>
        <term>Interstate commerce</term><x>:</x>
        ...
        <index-entry>
          <term>State powers, taxation and regulation</term>
          <nav-pointer-group>
            <nav-pointer rid="idx1-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">209</nav-pointer>&ndash;<nav-pointer 
              rid="idx1-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">240</nav-pointer>
          </nav-pointer-group>
          <index-entry>
            <term>Balancing test, modern standard</term>
            <nav-pointer-group>
              <nav-pointer rid="idx2-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">233</nav-pointer>&ndash;<nav-pointer 
                rid="idx2-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">234</nav-pointer>
            </nav-pointer-group>
          </index-entry>
          <index-entry>
            <term>Regulation of commerce</term>
            <nav-pointer-group>
              <nav-pointer rid="idx6-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">220</nav-pointer>&ndash;<nav-pointer 
                rid="idx6-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">221</nav-pointer>, <nav-pointer rid="idx7-1" 
                nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">224</nav-pointer>&ndash;<nav-pointer rid="idx7-2" 
                nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">227</nav-pointer>, <nav-pointer rid="idx8-1" 
                nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">233</nav-pointer>&ndash;<nav-pointer rid="idx8-2" 
                nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">240</nav-pointer>
            </nav-pointer-group>
          </index-entry>
          <index-entry>
            <term>Taxation of commerce</term>
            <nav-pointer-group>
              <nav-pointer rid="idx10-1" nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">220</nav-pointer>&ndash;<nav-pointer 
                rid="idx10-2" nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">223</nav-pointer>, <nav-pointer rid="idx11-1" 
                nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">227</nav-pointer>&ndash;<nav-pointer rid="idx11-2" 
                nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">233</nav-pointer>
            </nav-pointer-group>
            <index-entry>
              <term>Apportionment</term>
              <nav-pointer-group>
                <nav-pointer rid="idx12" nav-pointer-type="point">223</nav-pointer>, <nav-pointer rid="idx13-1" 
                  nav-pointer-type="start-of-range">231</nav-pointer>&ndash;<nav-pointer rid="idx13-2" 
                  nav-pointer-type="end-of-range">232</nav-pointer>
              </nav-pointer-group>
            </index-entry>
            <index-entry>
              <term>Benefit relationship</term>
              <nav-pointer rid="idx14" nav-pointer-type="point">233</nav-pointer>
            </index-entry>
          </index-entry>
        </index-entry>
      </index-entry>
      <index-entry>
        <term>Interstate compacts</term><x>.</x>
        <see-entry>States, Agreements with other States</see-entry><x>.</x>
      </index-entry>
      ...
    </index-div>
    ...
  </index>
</book-back>
...

Book Interchange Tag Suite (BITS) Version 1.0 Tag Library Version 1.0

Version of December 2013