DITA

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OASIS TC

Cover page information
Notices
Introduction
DITA terminology, notation, and conventions
Overview of DITA
Accessibility and translation
- Accessibility
- Translation and localization
DITA map processing
DITA addressing
DITA processing
Configuration and specialization
Element reference
- DITA elements, A to Z
- DITA attributes, A to Z
- Topic elements
  - Basic topic elements
    - abstract
    - body
    - bodydiv
    - dita
    - prolog
    - related-links
    - shortdesc
    - title
    - titlealt
    - topic
  - Body elements
    - alt
    - cite
    - dd
    - ddhd
    - desc
    - div
    - dl
    - dlentry
    - dlhead
    - draft-comment
    - dt
    - dthd
    - example
    - fallback
    - fig
    - figgroup
    - fn
    - image
    - include
    - keyword
    - li
    - lines
    - longdescref
    - lq
    - note
    - object
    - ol
    - p
    - param
    - ph
    - pre
    - q
    - section
    - sl
    - sli
    - term
    - text
    - tm
    - ul
    - xref
  - Multimedia elements
    - audio
    - media-source
    - media-track
    - video
    - video-poster
  - Indexing elements
  - Related links elements
    - link
    - linkinfo
    - linklist
    - linkpool
    - linktext
  - Table elements
    - colspec
    - entry
    - row
    - simpletable
    - stentry
    - sthead
    - strow
    - table
    - tbody
    - tgroup
    - thead
- Map elements
  - Basic map elements
    - keytext
    - map
    - navref
    - relcell
    - relcolspec
    - relheader
    - relrow
    - reltable
    - topicref
    - topicmeta
    - ux-window
  - Subject scheme elements
- Metadata elements
  - Descriptive metadata
    - audience
    - author
    - category
    - keywords
    - othermeta
    - prodinfo
    - publisher
    - prodname
    - prognum
  - Lifecycle management metadata
    - copyrholder
    - copyright
    - copyryear
    - created
    - critdates
    - metadata
    - permissions
    - resourceid
    - revised
    - source
  - Product information metadata
    - brand
    - component
    - featnum
    - platform
    - series
    - vrmlist
    - vrm
- Specialization elements
- Domain elements
- Other elements
  - Legacy conversion elements
    - required-cleanup
  - DITAVAL elements
    - alt-text
    - endflag
    - prop
    - revprop
    - startflag
    - style-conflict
    - val
- Attributes
Conformance
Acknowledgments
Aggregated RFC-2119 statements
Coding practices for DITA grammar files
Constraint modules
- Examples: Constraints implemented using DTDs
- Examples: Constraints implemented using RNG
Expansion modules
- Examples: Expansion implemented using DTDs
- Examples: Expansion implemented using RNG
Element-by-element recommendations for translators
Formatting expectations
Migrating to DITA 2.0
- Changes from DITA 1.3 to DITA 2.0
- Information about migrating to DITA 2.0
OASIS grammar files
Processing interoperability considerations
Revision history

Basic topic elements

The basic topic elements provide the structural framework for a topic: title, short description, prolog, body, and related links.

abstract
An abstract summarizes the content of the topic; it appears at the start of the topic. It can contain multiple short descriptions, as well as block-level content such as paragraphs, lists, and tables.
body
The body contains the main content of a topic.
bodydiv
A body division is a grouping of sequential elements within the body of a topic. There is no additional semantic meaning. It is useful primarily for reuse and as a specialization base.
dita
The <dita> element is the root element for the ditabase document type.
prolog
The prolog contains metadata about the topic, for example, author information or subject category.
related-links
Related links are a group of references to other topics or external information related to the current topic.
shortdesc
A short description is a sentence or group of sentences that describes the purpose or main point of the topic.
title
A title is a heading or label for an object. Titles can be associated with topics, maps, sections, examples, figures, tables, and other structures.
titlealt
An alternative title is used to convey information about a document in contexts other than straightforward display.
topic
A topic is a standalone unit of information.

Parent topic: Topic elements

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