Meta-Keyword

Meta-Keyword

n. KEYWORDS that are not about the GLOSSARY'S subject matter (i.e., STOCK CLERK vocabulary), but can rather about the GLOSSARY itself. Sometimes thought of as “stepping up a level” to deal with the surrounding context. See also KEYWORDS.

NOTE: As a practical example of the difference, compare...

• CUTS — a regular KEYWORD, that pulls together ENTRIES about a genuine STOCK CLERK concern—namely, the various kinds of cuts you can make, plus terms for related things like the tools used to make them.
  
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• ~c:note — a Meta-Keyword that brings up GLOSSARY ENTRIES with supplemental notes (like this one), plus how many such ENTRIES there are. Clearly this is not something a STOCK CLERK cares about (that is, unless he's making this GLOSSARY, heh heh.)

~c:

~c:

n. A KEYWORD prefix indicating a Content Flag META-KEYWORD. That is, one that can be used to gather GLOSSARY ENTRIES according to one of several “structural” aspects of the ENTRIES themselves, rather than to their practical applications or meanings. For more info, see KEYWORD, META-KEYWORD.

NOTE: Here's a summary of all of the Content Flag META-KEYWORD in use at the time of this writing:

(NB. Keywords listed in this table are not active.)

CONTENT FLAGS
Key	Meaning
~c:caution	Contains an important CAUTION:
~c:edits X	Contains previous EDITS/version(s) (= ~r:changed) X
~c:graphic	Contains GRAPHIC element(s)
~c:invitation	Contains INVITATION to contribute
~c:note	Contains at least one additional NOTE:
~c:op-ed	Contains OPINION and/or EDITORIAL comments
~c:steps	Contains instruction(s) or procedure STEPS
~c:story	Contains a true STORY
~c:table	Contains data in a TABLE
~c:tm	Contains TRADEMARK(S): i.e., ®, TM, or SM.
~c:usage	Contains “quoted examples of USAGE”
~c:warning	Contains a very important WARNING:
~c:weblink	Contains an external LINK to another website

~d:

~d:

n. A KEYWORD prefix indicating a Definition Flag META-KEYWORD. That is, one that can be used to gather GLOSSARY ENTRIES according to one of several “structural” aspects of the ENTRIES themselves, rather than to their practical applications or meanings. For more info, see KEYWORD, META-KEYWORD.

NOTE: Here's a summary of all of the Definition Flag META-KEYWORDS in use at the time of this writing:

(NB. Keywords listed in this table are not active.)

DEFINITION FLAGS
Key	Meaning
~d:multi	Definition is MULTIPART
~d:single	Definition has only a SINGLE part

~i:

~i:

n. A KEYWORD prefix indicating a Parts-of-Speech META-KEYWORD. That is, one that can be used to gather GLOSSARY ENTRIES according to one of several “structural” aspects of the ENTRIES themselves, rather than to their practical applications or meanings. For more info, see KEYWORD, META-KEYWORD.

NOTE: Here's a summary of all of the Parts-of-Speech META-KEYWORDS in use at the time of this writing:

(NB. Keywords listed in this table are not active.)

PARTS OF SPEECH
Key	Meaning
~i:adj.	Is an ADJECTIVE
~i:adv.	Is an ADVERB
~i:multi	Is MULTIPLE parts of speech
~i:n.	Is a NOUN
~i:other	Is something OTHER than a keyed noun, verb, etc.
~i:v.	Is a VERB

~r:

~r:

n. A KEYWORD prefix indicating a ENTRY Status Flag META-KEYWORD. That is, one that can be used to gather GLOSSARY ENTRIES according to one of several “structural” aspects of the ENTRIES themselves, rather than to their practical applications or meanings. For more info, see KEYWORD, META-KEYWORD.

NOTE: Here's a summary of all of the ENTRY Status Flag META-KEYWORDS in use at the time of this writing:

(NB. Keywords listed in this table are not active.)

ENTRY STATUS FLAGS
Key	Meaning
~r:changed	CHANGED (= ~c:edits; i.e., has back version(s) X )
~r:new	NEW ENTRY
~r:unchanged	UNCHANGED from previous edition
~r:update	⋅UPDATES (= ~r:new, or (+) ~r:changed)
~r:wip	WORK-IN-PROGRESS

~{

~{

n. A META-KEYWORD prefix meaning “from,” that's followed by a code letter or symbol indicating the possible scope of the referenced TERM.

NOTE:

• ~{i = I invented it (so far as I know)
• ~{T = It may be specific to the STORE (chain) where I work
• ~{v = It's from a VENDOR, SUPPLIER, or other third party.
• ~{W = It may be specific to another local STORE (chain)
• ~{? = Unknown; reference awaits further confirmation

~~

~~

n. A META-KEYWORD prefix meaning “TAB,” that's followed by a letter or symbol indicating under which TAB the referenced TERM belongs.

NOTE:

• ~~# = TAB for ENTRIES beginning with Non-alphabetic characters or symbols
• ~~A = TAB for ENTRIES beginning with letter “A”
• ~~B = TAB for ENTRIES beginning with letter “B”
•             .   .   .   (and so on...)
• ~~Z = TAB for ENTRIES beginning with letter “Z”
• ~~:: = TAB that includes “ALL” previous TABS (#, A-Z)
• ~~+ = TAB for “NEW,” provisional ENTRIES, pending integration into GLOSSARY
• ~~" = TAB for general “COMMENTS” unrelated to a specific ENTRIES
• ~~? = TAB for “HELP” ENTRIES

The prefix characters “~~” were selected because they naturally sort to the bottom of most of the “ENTRIES” listing you'll see atop each GLOSSARY page in the left-hand column. A number in parentheses follows, indication the total number of entries for that particular TAB. For example, “~~? (55)” indicates the HELP TAB has fifty-five ENTRIES. Clicking on that LINK is functionally the same as clicking on the page headline: it reloads all entries.

By the way, that parenthetical value under ENTRIES is a manually entered number, which you can cross-check by inspecting the automatically generated tally under the “KEYWORDS” listing, which you'll find lower down the left-hand side of the page.

~~~

~~~

n. A META-KEYWORD prefix meaning “SPECIAL,” that's followed by a title of an especially important article under the HELP TAB.

NOTE:

• ~~~CONTACT INFO = How to contact the AUTHOR
• ~~~DISCLAIMER = Explains the AUTHOR'S scope of responsibility
• ~~~LICENSE INFO = Explains what you can and cannot do without first gaining additional permission from the AUTHOR
•             .   .   .   (and so on...)

The prefix characters “~~~” were selected because they naturally sort to the bottom of the “KEYWORDS” listing you'll see atop this GLOSSARY page in the left-hand column.