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# indexentry

## Name

indexentry — An entry in an index

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# Synopsis

### Content Model

    indexentry ::=
    (primaryie,
     (seeie|seealsoie)*,
     (secondaryie,
      (seeie|seealsoie|tertiaryie)*)*)

### Attributes

Common attributes

## Description

An `IndexEntry` wraps all of the index terms associated with a particular primary index term. This includes an arbitrary list of secondary and tertiary elements as well as See and SeeAlso elements.

### Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. A rendered index usually places secondary items under primary items and tertiary items under secondary.

### Parents

These elements contain indexentry: `index`, `indexdiv`, `setindex`.

### Children

The following elements occur in indexentry: `primaryie`, `secondaryie`, `seealsoie`, `seeie`, `tertiaryie`.

## See Also

`indexterm`, `primary`, `primaryie`, `secondary`, `secondaryie`, `see`, `seealso`, `seealsoie`, `seeie`, `tertiary`, `tertiaryie`.

## Examples

For examples, see `index` .

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