[publican-list] sortable lists, esp. glossaries

[Joshua J Wulf]

On 01/31/2012 12:16 AM, Fred Dalrymple wrote:
> Thanks for the pointer (I didn't look far enough back in the archives).
>
> In general, if there is no automated programmatic solution, then I'd 
> probably introduce an external file that would point at entries that 
> didn't follow the programmatic default and provide either a clue or 
> explicit sorting key -- think RDF resources (though I'm partial to 
> Topic Maps).  Perhaps verbose, but if a machine can't figure it out 
> automatically, what can you do?
>
> Actually, I'd assumed this in the solution because I'm thinking about 
> non-alphabetic sorting needs, like the order of introduction of terms, 
> perhaps on a per-topic basis (and yes, enabling solutions in forms 
> other than print).
Fred, you've really piqued my interest now. What approaches might you 
take to order the introduction of terms using RDF?

- Josh
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