RE: [dita] Keywords in DITA

["Paul Prescod" <paul.prescod@blastradius.com>]

Contradicting myself a bit: I would consider that a very pragmatic solution to the problem. The meaning of the <keyword> element could be context-specific. But I wonder: do index entries already work as "words or phrases that would make good targets for search engines?" I'm just trying to get the distinction clear in my head.

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From: Esrig, Bruce (Bruce) [mailto:esrig@lucent.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 1:14 PM
To: Paul Prescod
Cc: dita@lists.oasis-open.org; Michael Priestley
Subject: RE: [dita] Keywords in DITA

For the time being, perhaps we could rephrase the first sentence in the "keywords" entry in the language reference. Then we could separate the senses in a future release of DITA. Something like <keyword> versus <searchTerm>.

 

New text >>> The <keywords> element contains a list of identifying terms that are marked with <indexterm> or <keyword>. In this context, <keyword> surrounds a word or phrase that would make a good target for a search engine.

 

Bruce Esrig

Information Developer / Information Architect

Lucent Technologies