global index-sort-as [was: Are indexterm ranges backwards incompatible?]

From: Esrig, Bruce (Bruce) [mailto:] 
	Sent: Wednesday, 2006 August 16 05:45
	To: Paul Prescod; Dana Spradley; Michael Priestley
	Cc: Chris Wong; ; JoAnn Hackos; Grosso,
Paul
	Subject: RE: [dita] Are indexterm ranges backwards incompatible?
	
	The wiki page
	
http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/Indexing_issue_summary?action=show 
	is again more up to date.

________________________________

Regarding:

 Decision:

 Global sort order is supported through <index-sort-as>
 entries in ...

We have not discussed this since we've started 
rediscussing indexterms, and I had asked a few
questions about this in my earlier email at
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/dita/200607/msg00076.html
that were never answered.

That email is a bit old relative to more recent
understandings and decisions, but there are still
ambiguities about "global sort-as", and I don't
remember discussing it or deciding on it lately.

paul