Tree Sort Order Registry entry

Specify the sort order for displaying the terms of a Thesaurus in browse mode.

Usage

Key	User	Group	Group
Key 1	User	Group	Group
Key 2	user	group	Default
Key 3	Table
Key 4	ethesaurus
Key 5	Tree Sort Order
Key 6	acronym
Value	column:type

where:

acronym	is the Thesaurus acronym.
column:type	is:
	column specifies on which column in the Thesaurus record to base the sort. type can be: alpha Alphabetic sort (case sensitive). alphaIC Alphabetic sort (case insensitive, i.e. Ignore Case). standard Alphabetic sort (case insensitive) with punctuation and any parentheses within terms removed (based on Z39.19). numeric Numeric sort.

Note: This entry is not required for every Thesaurus. Where an entry does not exist, the default column is assumed to be the term (TerTerm) and the default sort type is assumed to be alpha.

Examples

The column HieHierarchyNotation is to be used for AAT records with a case sensitive alphabetic sort:

Key	Setting
Key 1	Group
Key 2	Default
Key 3	Table
Key 4	ethesaurus
Key 5	Tree Sort Order
Key 6	AAT
Value	HieHierarchyNotation_tab:Alpha

The column irn is to be used for internal records (KE) with a numeric sort:

Key	Setting
Key 1	Group
Key 2	Default
Key 3	Table
Key 4	ethesaurus
Key 5	Tree Sort Order
Key 6	KE
Value	irn:Numeric