FW: [dita] Index question

["JoAnn Hackos" <joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com>]

 

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It would also be helpful to put an <indexterm> in a short description - you can't do that either.

Jen

 

Jen Linton

Comtech Services, Inc.

Senior Consultant and Web Manager

710 Kipling St. Suite 400

Denver, CO 80215

P: 303-232-7586

F: 303-232-0659

skype: jenlinton

 

 

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From: JoAnn Hackos [mailto:joann.hackos@comtech-serv.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 9:13 AM
To: Michael Priestley; Chris Wong
Cc: dita@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [dita] Index question

Micheal and Chris,

 

My staff just told me that they cannot add an <indexterm> tag to a title. In most indexing best practices, you do include index tags at the title level to point a reader to an entire topic. Is there a reason that an <indexterm> tag is not allowed in a topic title? Can we include it there? Why is <indexterm> not a universal attribute? It would also be useful to place an index tag at the beginning of a property list or table.

 

JoAnn

JoAnn T. Hackos, PhD
President
Comtech Services, Inc.
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