Schema Documentation: the index element

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The index element represents a topical reference section in a book.

The entries in an index may be grouped into sections by topic or alphabetic letter.

Usage Example

<index>
    <section>
        <h>A.</h>
        <entry>ABERRANT groups, <ref>429</ref>.</entry>
        <entry>…</entry>
    </section>
</index>

This element must not contain text.

This element may contain the following children: aside, block, entry, h, hd, object, p, pagebreak, section and transition

optional attributes: @about, @by, @class, @content, @datatype, @desc, @its:dir, @its:translate, @property, @rel, @resource, @rev, @role, @sel:selid, @typeof, @xml:base, @xml:id, @xml:lang and @xml:space

a mix of

• an optional h

• zero or more of

end of mix

a choice of

either

first a mix of

• one or more of entry

• zero or more of

any of the 2 elements: hd and pagebreak

end of mix

followed by zero or more of section

first zero or more of entry

followed by one or more of section

end of choice

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