Indexing terms with acronyms

Subject: Indexing terms with acronyms
From: Paul Sholar <pks -at- GENSYM -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 18:11:48 EDT

Paul MacGyver Carman wrote:

For example:

Simple Network Management Protocol (see SNMP)

SNMP
xxxxx
yyyyy
zzzzz

_and_

View Builder
xxxxx
yyyyy
zzzzz

VB (see View Builder)

With our customers, the acronym "SNMP" is used more than the terms
for which it stands. The term "View Builder," however, is used more
often than its acronym.



My preferred practice is this:


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