Additional Headwords

For additional headwords to the first main headword, within the headwordGoup capture the additional headwords alongside the main initial headword with individual altHeadwordGroup elements with attribute role="additional".

//altHeadwordGroup[@role="additional"]

Additional headwords are usually words that may share the meaning, but are not the same as the initial headword spelt differently. These types of word are sometimes separated by the word and or semi-colon. They tend not to appear within brackets.

Example

addicted; dependent

Smith, John and Jones, Fred

The structure within the altHeadwordGroup is similar to that of the headwordGroup but further altHeadwordGroup elements are not allowed.

Within a headwordGroup element, use plain text without style tags when capturing punctuation and words that fall between headwords (and that does not fall within the headwordInfo). Capture the punctuation and words outside the headword element.

XML


      <headwordGroup>
        <headword>addicted</headword>; <altHeadwordGroup role="additional">
            (<headword>dependent</headword>) </altHeadwordGroup>
      </headwordGroup>