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Re: Indexing style refsIsn't the purpose of an index to provide synonyms? 20 people reading documentation will think of 20 different words for the same concept when they consult the index. (Or am I missing the point?) Probably. You're right in that the index should contain every reasonable synonym for a term (generally speaking) because you cannot be sure which term the user chooses. But all the synonyms should point to the main term instead of appearing as independetn entries, and this is just not going to happen without some kind of dictionary. For example, what you want is: Bonaparte: see Napoleon Napoleon 13, 52, 84, 129, 133 Small emperor with funny hat: see Napoleon What you'd get with ten indexers but without a dictionary is: Bonaparte 52 Napoleon 84, 129 Napoleon Bonaparte 133 Small emperor with funny hat 13 Small emperor with a funny hat: see Napoleon But you're certainly right to point out the value of synonyms, so I propose the following classification: Good: using a list of terms Better: using a list of terms and all the synonyms you can think of Best: using a list plus all the synonyms you can think of and adding the synonyms (with references to the main entry) to the list Regards Jan Henning -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan Henning ROSEMANN & LAURIDSEN GMBH Am Schlossberg 14, D-82547 Eurasburg, Germany Phone: +49 700 0200 0700, Fax: +49 8179 9307-12 E-Mail: henning -at- r-l -dot- de, Web: www.r-l.de -------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow-Ups:
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