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

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

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

<para>
<sgmltag>Secondary</sgmltag> contains a secondary word or phrase in an
<sgmltag>IndexTerm</sgmltag>.  The text of a <sgmltag>Secondary</sgmltag> term
is less significant than the <sgmltag>Primary</sgmltag> term, but more
significant than the <sgmltag>Tertiary</sgmltag> term for sorting and
display purposes.
</para>

<para>
In <sgmltag>IndexTerm</sgmltag>s, you can only have one primary,
secondary, and tertiary term. If you want to index multiple
secondary terms for the same primary, you must repeat the
primary in another <sgmltag>IndexTerm</sgmltag>. You cannot place
several <sgmltag>Secondary</sgmltag>s in the same primary.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.suppress; This element provides data for processing but
is not rendered in the primary flow of text.
</para>
</refsect2>

<refsect2 role='fu' revision="4.0"><title>&FutureChanges;</title>
<para>
<!--do not index this occurance-->
&fu.interfacedefinition;
</para>
</refsect2>


&secondary.parents.gen;
&secondary.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.attrdesc'><title>Attributes</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>sortas</term>
<listitem>
<para>
<sgmltag class='attribute'>SortAs</sgmltag> specifies the string by which the 
element's content is to be sorted. If unspecified, the proper content
is used.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&secondary.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

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

