<chapter>
The <chapter> element references a topic or map as a chapter
within a book.
Content models
See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.
Inheritance
- map/topicref bookmap/chapter
Example
This section is non-normative.
<chapter href="intro.dita">
<topicref href="caring.dita"/>
<topicref href="feeding.dita"/>
</chapter>
<chapter href="setup.dita">
<topicref href="prereq.dita"/>
<topicref href="download.dita"/>
</chapter> <chapter href="intro.ditamap" format="ditamap"/>
Content model
<topicmeta>?, <topicref>*
Contained by
<bookmap>, <part>
- Optional
<topicmeta> - Zero or more
<topicref>
Contained by
<bookmap><part>
Inheritance
- map/topicref bookmap/chapter
The <chapter> element is specialized from <topicref>. It is defined in the bookmap module.
Attributes
The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, Link relationship attribute group (with a narrowed definition of @href,
given below), Attributes common to many map elements, @navtitle and @copy-to
from Topicref element attributes group, outputclass, and @keyref.
@href- A pointer to the resource represented by the
<topicref>. See The href attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications. References to DITA content cannot be below the topic level: that is, you cannot reference individual elements inside a topic. References to content other than DITA topics should use the@formatattribute to identify the kind of resource being referenced.
@href- A pointer to the resource represented by the
<topicref>. See The href attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications. References to DITA content cannot be below the topic level: that is, you cannot reference individual elements inside a topic. References to content other than DITA topics should use the@formatattribute to identify the kind of resource being referenced.