IMRC - Indexing Federal Government Web Pages: Guidelines for the Development of an Indexing Policy

Official Languages

Documents are indexed in the language of the resource.

Training

• Indexers may be recruited from a number of areas and bring a wide range of skill levels to the required tasks.  Indexers may include:
  
  
  • Authors;
    
    
  • Content Developers;
    
    
  • Librarians;
    
    
  • Professional Indexers;
    
    
  • Webmasters.
    
    
• Various levels of training will be required depending upon the skill levels of particular individuals.
  
  
• Some consideration will have to be given to the language skills of indexers because indexing must be done in the language of the resource.