Processing chunk="split"

The presence of chunk="split" instructs a processor to split each topic from the referenced source document into its own document for rendering purposes.

The following rules apply:

• When chunk="split" is specified on the root element of a map, it sets a default operation for all source DITA documents in the navigation structure of the map. The default split value is used except where a combine value is encountered, in which case combine takes over for that entire branch.
• When chunk="split" is specified on a <topicref> element that references a source DITA document, it indicates that all topics within the referenced document should be rendered as individual documents.
• When chunk="split" is specified on an element such as <topicgroup> that does not reference a source DITA document or result in published output, the attribute has no meaning.