The <topic> element is the top-level DITA element for a single-subject topic or article. Other top-level DITA elements that are more content-specific are <concept>, <task>, <reference>, and <glossentry>, all of which are specializations of the <topic> element.
topic, concept, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, machineryTask, learningAssessment, learningOverview, learningPlan, learningSummary |
( (title) then (titlealts) (optional) then (shortdesc or abstract) (optional) then (prolog) (optional) then (body) (optional) then (related-links) (optional) then (topic) (any number) ) |
( (title) then (titlealts) (optional) then (shortdesc or abstract) (optional) then (prolog) (optional) then (body) (optional) then (related-links) (optional) then (topic or concept or task or reference or glossentry or glossgroup) (any number) ) |
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( (title) then (titlealts) (optional) then (shortdesc or abstract) (optional) then (prolog) (optional) then (body) (optional) then (related-links) (optional) then ( (no-topic-nesting) (optional) ) (any number) ) |
topic (base), topic (technical content), concept, reference, task (strict), task (general), machineryTask |
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learningAssessment, learningOverview, learningPlan, learningSummary |
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<topic id="topic"> <title>Some little topic</title> <body> <p>Here's a little topic.</p> <ul> <li>Some item</li> <li>Another item</li> </ul> </body> </topic>
This ID enables topics to be referenced uniquely by topicrefs in DITA maps. |
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conref-atts attribute group (conref, conrefend, conaction, conkeyref) |
A set of related attributes; includes all of the attributes described in 3.4.1.4 id-atts attribute group except for the id attribute. |
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Designates the version of the architecture that is in use. The default value will increase with each release of DITA. |
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Indicates the specialized domains that are included in the DTD or Schema. This value will differ depending on what domains are included in the current DTD or Schema. |
Varies based on the DTD or Schema; a sample value is "(topic ui-d) (topic hi-d) (topic pr-d) (topic sw-d) (topic ut-d) (topic indexing-d)" |
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select-atts attribute group (props, base, platform, product, audience, otherprops, importance, rev, status) |
A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.5 select-atts attribute group |
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localization-atts attribute group (translate, xml:lang, dir) |
A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.6 localization-atts attribute group. |
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A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group |
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Common attributes described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes |