Subdivisions

Encoding for subdivisions in entries, planned for v2.

Use <div> codes with the appropriate @type to indicate subdivisions of long entries. Use <head> for section headings.

@type value level usage
entry 1 The outermost tag for the entire entry. See Page Numbers.
section 2 A subdivision nested within an entry.
subsection 3-∞ A subdivision nested with a section or a subsection.
index 2 An index section for an entry.

If a section has both a heading and a subheading immediately following, but there are no subsections, then add @type="sub" to <head> instead of creating a new <div>. If a section has multiple subsections, then use <div>s to define them.

This is a minimalist encoding scheme that leaves room for further refinement, with additional <div>s for things like poems and quotes. For now, we are just trying to encode the sections already identified in the entry by the author.

Example:

<div type="entry">
   <p><label>STEAM</label></p>
      <div type="section">
         <head>SECTION I — THE GENERAL NATURE OF STEAM.</head>
                . . .
               <div type="subsection">
                    <head>Pressurization</head>
                    . . .
                </div>
       </div>
</div>