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

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

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

<para> 
A <sgmltag>SubjectTerm</sgmltag> 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.
</para>
<para>
Subject terms are not expected to contain any markup. They are external
descriptions from a controlled vocabulary.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.context; Subject terms are rarely displayed to a
reader. Usually, they are reserved for searching and retrieval
purposes.
</para>
</refsect2>


&subjectterm.parents.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&subjectterm.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

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

