<compound-kwd>

Compound Keyword

Wrapper element for multi-part keywords (for example, a code and its meaning).

Remarks

Related Essay: For a discussion on the use of <compound-kwd>, see Keywords.

Some keywords are a simple word or phrase; such keywords should generally be tagged using the <kwd> element. The <compound-kwd> element is used when keywords are composed of multiple parts, such as a code and its meaning. For more information on the handling of compound keywords, see the tagging practices section Complex/Compound/Nested Keywords.

More complicated keywords with two parts include:

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Document Internal Identifier
xml:base Base

Related Elements

This Tag Set contains several differently-structured types of keywords:

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  compound-kwd %compound-kwd-model;                         >

Expanded Content Model

(compound-kwd-part+)

Description

<compound-kwd-part> Compound Keyword Part, one or more

This element may be contained in:

<kwd-group>, <nested-kwd>

Example 1

Keywords for codes and their expansions:

...
<book-part-meta>
...  
<kwd-group kwd-group-type="Inspec-class">
<compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="code">B0260</compound-kwd-part>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="text">Optimisation 
techniques</compound-kwd-part>
</compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="code">B6140</compound-kwd-part>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="text">Signal processing and detection</compound-kwd-part>
</compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="code">B6320</compound-kwd-part>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="text">Radar equipment, systems 
and applications</compound-kwd-part>
</compound-kwd>
</kwd-group>
</book-part-meta>
...

    
...
<book-meta>
...
<abstract>...</abstract>
<kwd-group>
<compound-kwd content-type="ISO-639-1">
<compound-kwd-part content-type="ISO-639-1-code">de</compound-kwd-part>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="ISO-639-1-language">German</compound-kwd-part>
</compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd content-type="ISO-639-1">
<compound-kwd-part content-type="ISO-639-1-code">en</compound-kwd-part>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="ISO-639-1-language">English</compound-kwd-part>
</compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd content-type="ISO-639-1">
<compound-kwd-part content-type="ISO-639-1-code">fr</compound-kwd-part>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="ISO-639-1-language">French</compound-kwd-part>
</compound-kwd>
...
</kwd-group>
...
</book-meta>
...

   

...
<kwd-group>  
<compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="code">B01D57/02</compound-kwd-part>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="value">By electrophoresis</compound-kwd-part>
</compound-kwd>
...
</kwd-group>
...

Example 2

Keywords used for abbreviations and their expansions:

    
...
<book-meta>
...
<abstract>...</abstract>
<kwd-group>
<compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="abbrev">AODM</compound-kwd-part>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="expansion">adult onset diabetes mellitus</compound-kwd-part>
</compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="abbrev">DI</compound-kwd-part>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="expansion">diabetes insipidus</compound-kwd-part>
</compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="abbrev">DKA</compound-kwd-part>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="expansion">diabetic ketoacidosis</compound-kwd-part>
</compound-kwd>
...
</kwd-group>
...
</book-meta>
...

   

Example 3

Coded keywords (in Japanese):

...
<book-meta>
...
<kwd-group xml:lang="ja">
<compound-kwd>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="code">321</compound-kwd-part>
<compound-kwd-part content-type="text">加温空気</compound-kwd-part>
</compound-kwd>
</kwd-group>
</book-meta>
...