primary
primary — The primary word or phrase under which an index term should be sorted.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
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Description
In an indexterm, primary
identifies the most significant word or words in the entry. All
indexterms must have a
primary.
Processing expectations
Suppressed. This element provides data for processing but it is not rendered in the primary flow of text.
Attributes
- sortas
Specifies the string by which the term is to be sorted; if unspecified, the term content is used
Parents
These elements contain primary: indexterm (db.indexterm.singular), indexterm (db.indexterm.startofrange).
This element contains 106 elements.
See Also
indexentry, indexterm, primaryie, secondary, secondaryie, see, seealso, seealsoie, seeie, tertiary, tertiaryie




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