- sequence of sort specifications. A sort
- specification holds a field (sort criteria) and is followed by flags.
- If the sort criteria includes <literal>=</literal> it is assumed
- that the sort SortKey is of type sortAttributes using Bib-1.
- The integer before <literal>=</literal> is
+ sequence of space-separated sort specifications, with each sort
+ specification consisting of two space-separated words (so that the
+ whole specification list is made up of an even number of words).
+ The first word of each specification
+ holds a field (sort criterion) and the second holds flags.
+ If the sort criterion includes <literal>=</literal> it is assumed
+ that the <literal>SortKey</literal> is of type
+ <literal>sortAttributes</literal> using Bib-1: in this case
+ the integer before <literal>=</literal> is