# <headword>

Element: headword

Child Elements: none

Description: A headword is the sequence of characters that produce an entity match.

Example: See example in <entry>.

Attribute | Value | Default | Description
--- | --- | --- | ---
`<element contents>` | <the headword> |  | The headword value. NOTE: If the `entry` element contains a headword attribute, it cannot have a headword subelement.
`case` | sensitive insensitive inherited | inherited | Determines whether a match is case sensitive. The value `inherited` accepts the case matching mode of the <entry> parent.
`score` | >= 0 | 1 | See description in <entry>.

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