primary
primary — The primary word or phrase under which an index term should be sorted.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
Description
In an indexterm
, primary
identifies the most significant word or words in the entry. All
indexterm
s 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
Common attributes and common linking 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 100 elements.
See Also
indexentry
, indexterm
, primaryie
, secondary
, secondaryie
, see
, seealso
, seealsoie
, seeie
, tertiary
, tertiaryie