subjectterm

subjectterm — A term in a group of terms describing the subject matter of a document

Synopsis

subjectterm ::=

text

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

A subjectterm is an individual subject word or phrase that describes the subject matter of a document or the portion of a document in which it occurs.

Subject terms are not expected to contain any markup. They are external descriptions from a controlled vocabulary.

Processing expectations

May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on context. Subject terms are rarely displayed to a reader. Usually, they are reserved for searching and retrieval purposes.

Parents

These elements contain subjectterm: subject.

ChangeLog

This alpha reference page is $Revision: 7120 $ published Sun, 22 Jul 2007.


subjectset		subscript