3.3.2.2 learningObject

learningObject organizes topic references to DITA learning topics as a learning object.

A learningObject follows a specific sequence of topic references to learning content, starting with a learningPlan, then a learning overview or learning pre-assessment, one or more learning content topics, a learning summary, and one or more learning post-assessment topics.

By default, the topic references in a learningObject are expected to use the learning-specific topic types. However, the href can point to content of any type that you want to structure as a learning object. In this way, you can structure any existing DITA content as a learning object, and then take advantage of the learning-specific processing available for building and packaging that content for delivery in a learning system or learning context.

Contains

Doctype

Content model

learningBookmap, learningMap

( (topicmeta) (optional) then (learningPlanRef) (optional) then ( (learningOverviewRef) or (learningPreAssessmentRef) ) (any number) then (learningContentRef) (one or more) then ( (learningPostAssessmentRef) or (learningSummaryRef) ) (any number) )

Contained by

Doctype

Content model

learningBookmap

map, topicref, relcolspec, relcell, frontmatter, backmatter, draftintro, preface, chapter, part, appendix, notices, glossarylist, topichead, topicgroup, anchorref, topicset, topicsetref, keydef, learningGroup

learningMap

map, topicref, relcolspec, relcell, topichead, topicgroup, anchorref, topicset, topicsetref, keydef, learningGroup

Inheritance

+ map/topicref learningmap-d/learningObject

Example

Added example of using learningContentComponentRef within learningContentRef.

<map title="learningobject_example">
 <!-- learningObject clusters can appear anywhere in a map hierarchy but always
     follow a consistent information pattern within the LO -->
 <learningObject collection-type="sequence" href="topOverview.dita" type="learningOverview">
  <learningPlanRef href="testlearningPlan.dita" type="learningPlan">
  </learningPlanRef>
  <learningOverviewRef href="testlearningOverview.dita" type="learningOverview">
  </learningOverviewRef>
  <learningContentRef href="testlearningContent.dita" type="learningContent">
    <learningContentComponentRef href="termA.dita" type="glossentry"/>
    <learningContentComponentRef href="termB.dita" type="glossentry"/>
  </learningContentRef>
  <learningAssessmentRef href="testlearningAssess.dita" type="learningAssessment">
  </learningAssessmentRef>
  <learningSummaryRef href="testlearningSummary.dita" type="learningSummary">
  </learningSummaryRef>
 </learningObject>
</map>
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

query

This attribute is deprecated. It may be removed in the future.

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

type

The topic type of the map reference.

CDATA

learningOverview

IMPLIED

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

     

Previous Topic:  3.3.2.1 learningGroup

Next Topic:  3.3.2.3 learningPlanRef

Parent Topic:  3.3.2 Learning and training map domain elements

Sibling Topics:

3.3.2.1 learningGroup

3.3.2.3 learningPlanRef

3.3.2.4 learningPreAssessmentRef

3.3.2.5 learningOverviewRef

3.3.2.6 learningContentRef

3.3.2.7 learningContentComponentRef

3.3.2.8 learningSummaryRef

3.3.2.9 learningPostAssessmentRef