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Originally Posted by Nate the great
Why don't we try to limit this thread to just the discussion of the index?
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OK, but we'll need to discuss XHTML vs. TEI or XDFX. I am leaning towards using XHTML.
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A dictionary, for example, will have at a minimum title index(or something that will serve that purpose). It might also have one or more keyword indexes.
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While I see similarity between title index and keyword index, for practical purposes they may need to be treated somewhat differently (like in p-word). For foreign language dictionaries, title index is going to bloat to the same size as dictionary itself (since definitions a lot of times are as long as the link would be). On the other hand, each individual piece of the dictionary body is already self-indexing, since words go in alphabetical order.
On the other hand, keyword indices have to list every word (since they cannot rely on the document structure), but typically won't be as large (judging by the printed books). Also, in many cases, keyword index includes a short definition for each term, in addition to the link(s) to the book body. From that perspective, keyword indices are more similar to small dictionaries than to the title index.
Finally, my instincts are to avoid br tag. Wrap it in p, li, dt - whatever - instead.
Peter