Ascending Path Indexing

Style preferences

Ascending Path's mission is to craft and deliver well-structured indexes on time and within budget, from the users' viewpoint, and the author's and publisher's intents and expectations. The form below will assist clients in making style decisions:

Title:
 
Editor (name):
 
(phone #):
 
(e-mail):
 
Author (name):
 
(phone #):
 
(e-mail):
 

Indexer will receive proofs
 
via courier
 
as a PDF via e-mail
 
as one complete set; Date of delivery
 
in batches:
 
 
Date of delivery of initial portion:
 
 
Date of delivery of last portion:
 
 
Date of delivery for the index:
 
Table of contents provided?
 
Yes
No
Bibliography provided?
Yes
No
Reference / Endnotes provided?
Yes
No

NUMBER OF INDEXES
 
Single index
 
Multiple indexes
 
Author-title
 
Authors cited
 
Other:

STYLE GUIDE
   
 
Chicago Manual of Style
 
 
House Style
 
 
Other:
 

FORMAT
   
 
Indented (number of levels allowed)
 
 
Run-in (only 2 levels)
 

ARRANGEMENT OF ENTRIES
 
Main heading alphabetizing
 
Word-by-word
 
Letter-by-letter
 
Subheading arrangement
 
Alphabetic
 
Chronologic
 
Page number order

ARRANGEMENT OF NUMBERS IN ENTRIES
 
 
Numeric order
 
 
As spelled out
 
 
By size
 

ARRANGEMENT OF SYMBOLS IN ENTRIES
 
 
ASCII/Unicode order
 
 
As spelled out
 
 
Another order :
 

CROSS-REFERENCE FORMAT AND PLACEMENT
 
 
Main heading cross-references
 
term. See xyz
term. see xyz
term (see xyz)
 
See also xyz
see also xyz
(see also xyz)
 
See also placement
 
At the top of the entry run off from the main heading
 
At the bottom of the entry as the last subheading
 
Indented as the first subheading
 
Punctuation before See also run-in format
 
Subheading cross-references
 
term. See xyz
term. see xyz
term (see xyz)
 
See also xyz
see also xyz
(see also xyz)
 
See also placement
 
Run off from the subheading
   
Other:
 

PUNCTUATION
 
Indented index
 
None
 
Colon after main heading/subheading without locators
 
Run-in index
 
Punctuation after main headings without locators:
 
Punctuation after main headings with locators:
 
Punctuation between multiple subheadings:
 
Between entry and locators
 
Comma followed by a space
 
Two spaces
 
Between multiple locators
 
Comma followed by a space
 
Semicolon followed by a space for a change in volume number
 
Between cross-references
 
Semicolon followed by a space
 
Other:

MAIN HEADING CAPITALIZATION
 
Proper names and nouns only
 
First letter only
 
Entire heading

REFERENCE LOCATORS
 
Citation Unit
 
Page numbers, consecutive
 
Page number, modular
 
Paragraph/section numbers
 
Other unit:
 
 
Format for continuous discussion of a topic
 
Consecutive numbers
 
Numbers in full with en dash (125-129)
 

Numbers compressed; what style?

 
Modular number concatinator
 
10-5 to 10-9
 
Other:
 
Format for noncontinuous discussion on consecutive pages
 
Follow style above for continuous discussion (12-14)
 
Separate page numbers with commas (12, 13, 14)
 
Use passim (12-14 passim)
 
Other format required:

LENGTH
   
 
Is there a length limit?
 
No Yes
 
If yes, number of index lines allowed:
 
number of characters per line:

DELIVERY FORMAT
 
 
File format
 
ASCII test file with generic codes
 
RTF file
 
Other:
 
Delivery method
 
E-mail attachment
 
On disk with printout
 
Provide a list of entries in page number order
 
No
Yes

TYPE OF MATERIAL
 
Book
 
Textbook
 
Journal
 
Ongoing
 
One time only
 
Newsletter
 
Ongoing
 
One time only
 
Collection
 
Ongoing
 
One time only
 
Web site
 
Ongoing
 
One time only
 
Other:
Anticipated readership
Children; age:
Student; level:
General public
Professional

PAYMENT FOR INDEX
 
Hourly rate:
 
Per page rate:
 
Per entry rate:
 
Project rate:
 
Estimated total cost:
 
Payment schedule:
 
50% advance; 50% Net 30
 
100% advance Net 15
 
Other:

MISCELLANEOUS
     
 
Endnotes / Footnotes:
 
Indexable?
No
Yes
 
Locator format:
 
Display material:
 
Indexable?
No
Yes
 
Locator format:
 
Acronyms / Abbreviations:
 
Special posting rules?
 
At acronym
At spellout
Other:
 
Articles at beginning of titles:
 
Invert
Drop
No inversion
 
Initial function word in subheadings:
 
Alphabetize
Ignore, do not alphabetize
 
Number of indexable pages:
 
Due date for index:

 

 

Ascending Path Indexing:
Alan Armstrong, owner/indexer; 1523 Rosewalk Lane, Roanoke, VA 24014; 540-427-4843
| ©2007 Ascending Path