| Attributes | In addition to global attributes| type | indicates type of entry, in dictionaries with multiple types.| Status | Required when applicable | | Datatype | | | Suggested values include: | - main
- a main entry (default). [Default]
- hom
- (homograph) groups information relating to one homograph within an entry.
- xref
- (cross reference) a reduced entry whose only function is to
point to another main entry (e.g. for forms of an irregular verb or
for variant spellings: was pointing to
be, or esthete to
aesthete).
- affix
- an entry for a prefix, infix, or suffix.
- abbr
- (abbreviation) an entry for an abbreviation.
- supplemental
- a supplemental entry (for use in dictionaries which
issue supplements to their main work in which they include
updated information about entries).
- foreign
- an entry for a foreign word in a monolingual dictionary.
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| | sortKey | contains a (sortable) character sequence reflecting the
entry's alphabetical position in the printed dictionary.| Status | Optional | | Datatype | | | Values | any sequence of characters which, when sorted with the
other values, will produced the desired order; specifics of sort
key construction are application-dependent. | | Note | Dictionary order often differs from the collation sequence of
machine-readable character sets; in English-language dictionaries, an
entry for 4-H will often appear alphabetized
under ‘fourh’, and McCoy may be
alphabetized under‘maccoy’, while A1,
A4, and A5 may all appear
in numeric order ‘alphabetized’ between ‘a-’
and ‘AA’. The sort key is required if the orthography of the
dictionary entry does not suffice to determine its location. |
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