The second level of refinement within a department. Subtopics are categories within a topic. Subtopic, topic, and department have to be published to appear as valid choices in the search page. However, unpublished subtopics are displayed to allow assignment within the Questions form.
a main example, or main supporting idea, that illustrates the topic sentence of a paragraph
equivalent to a sub-category and found one level down from the current (also known as parent topic). A topic may have many subtopics.
equivalent to a sub-category and comprises a connected topic one level down from the current topic. A topic may have many subtopics.
a child topic of another topic. For example, the Glossary topic is a subtopic of the Documentation topic (the parent topic). Each topic can only have one parent topic, but may have many subtopics. The parent topic is set when a topic is created or edited.
an additional level of discussion created within a topic (or another subtopic) that allows further classification of the discussion. This is sometimes called a "thread" or a "conversation."
a minor point idea in a chapter or presentation; usually preceded by letters and numbers in a chapter outline