DocBook Publishers: The Definitive Guide  (Version 1.2.1 for DocBook 5.1)

itermset

itermset — A set of index terms in the meta-information of a document.

Synopsis

itermset ::=

  • One or more of:

Description

When indexterms use the zone attribute to point to index ranges, it may be handy to hoist them out of the flow and put them in the document meta-information.

The itermset element, which occurs in the DocBook containers for meta-information, is one place to put them. An itermset is simply a wrapper around a group of indexterms.

Processing expectations

Suppressed.

Although more than one itermset may appear in the meta-information for a document, neither a relationship nor a specific facility for constructing a relationship is defined.

Parents

These elements contain itermset: biblioentry, bibliomixed, bibliomset, biblioset, info (db.info), info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titleonly.info), info (db.titleonlyreq.info), info (db.titlereq.info).

Children

The following elements occur in itermset: indexterm (db.indexterm.singular).