3.2.5.1.8 bookabstract

The <bookabstract> element references a topic used within a bookmap as a brief summary of book content, generally output as part of the book's frontmatter. It is used to help the reader quickly evaluate the book's purpose.

Contains

Doctype

Content model

bookmap, learningBookmap

no content

Contained by

Doctype

Content model

bookmap, learningBookmap

frontmatter

Inheritance

- map/topicref bookmap/bookabstract

Example

See the example in 3.2.5.1.1 bookmap.

Attributes

Name

Description

Data Type

Default Value

Required?

navtitle

Specifies the title of the topic as it will appear in the navigation or tables of contents that are generated from the map. Beginning with DITA 1.2, the preferred way to specify the navigation title in a map is with the navtitle element, available inside the topicmeta element.

CDATA

#IMPLIED

No

href

A pointer to the resource represented by the <topicref>. See 3.4.2.1 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 format attribute to identify the kind of resource being referenced.

CDATA

#IMPLIED

No

copy-to

Use the copy-to attribute on the <topicref> element to provide a different file name for a particular instance of the topic in the map (for example, to separate out the different versions of the topic, rather than combining them on output). The links and navigation associated with that instance will point to a copy of the topic with the file name you specified. Use the <

linktext> and <shortdesc> in the <topicref>'s <topicmeta> to provide a unique name and short description for the new copy.

CDATA

#IMPLIED

No

topicref-atts attribute group (collection-type, processing-role, type, scope, locktitle, format, linking, toc, print, search, chunk)

A set of related attributes. See 3.4.1.8 topicref-atts, topicref-atts-no-toc, and topicref-atts-without-format attribute groups.

     

univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts, and localization-atts groups)

A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.3 univ-atts attribute group

     

global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc)

A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group

     

class, outputclass, keyref

Class and outputclass are described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes

     

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Parent Topic:  3.2.5.1 Bookmap content elements

Sibling Topics:

3.2.5.1.1 bookmap

3.2.5.1.2 abbrevlist

3.2.5.1.3 amendments

3.2.5.1.4 appendices

3.2.5.1.5 appendix

3.2.5.1.6 backmatter

3.2.5.1.7 bibliolist

3.2.5.1.9 booklibrary

3.2.5.1.10 booklist

3.2.5.1.11 booklists

3.2.5.1.12 booktitle

3.2.5.1.13 booktitlealt

3.2.5.1.14 chapter

3.2.5.1.15 colophon

3.2.5.1.16 dedication

3.2.5.1.17 draftintro

3.2.5.1.18 figurelist

3.2.5.1.19 frontmatter

3.2.5.1.20 glossarylist

3.2.5.1.21 indexlist

3.2.5.1.22 mainbooktitle

3.2.5.1.23 notices

3.2.5.1.24 part

3.2.5.1.25 preface

3.2.5.1.26 tablelist

3.2.5.1.27 toc

3.2.5.1.28 trademarklist