An ideal on a set X is a nonempty collection of subsets of X closed under the operations
of subset and finite union. Given a topological space X and an ideal ℐ of subsets of X, X is defined to be
ℐ-paracompact if every open cover of the space admits a locally finite open refinement which is a cover
for all of X except for a set in ℐ. Basic results are investigated, particularly with regard to the ℐ-
paracompactness of two associated topologies generated by sets of the form U−I where U is open and
I∈ℐ and ⋃ {U|U is open and U−A∈ℐ, for some open set A}. Preservation of ℐ-paracompactness
by functions, subsets, and products is investigated. Important special cases of ℐ-paracompact spaces are
the usual paracompact spaces and the almost paracompact spaces of Singal and Arya [“On m-paracompact
spaces”, Math. Ann., 181 (1969), 119-133].
