<refentry id="indexdiv.element">
<?dbhtml filename="indexdiv.html"?>
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>indexdiv</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>indexdiv</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>indexdiv</refname>
<refpurpose>&indexdiv.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

&indexdiv.synopsis.gen;
<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para>
An <sgmltag>IndexDiv</sgmltag> identifies a section of an <sgmltag>Index</sgmltag>.
An index
might be divided into sections in order to group entries, usually
alphabetically.
</para>

<para>An index may
contain any number of <sgmltag>IndexEntry</sgmltag> or <sgmltag>IndexDiv</sgmltag>
elements, but it cannot
contain a mixture of both at the same level. 
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.block;
</para>
</refsect2>

<refsect2 role='fu' revision="5.0"><title>&FutureChanges;</title>
<para>
<indexterm><primary>DocBook DTD</primary><secondary>Changes for <acronym>V5.0</acronym></secondary>
</indexterm>
Formal objects and other elements inappropriate for an index will be
removed the content that can appear before the first
<sgmltag>IndexEntry</sgmltag>.
</para>
</refsect2>

&indexdiv.parents.gen;
&indexdiv.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

&indexdiv.example.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
</refentry>

