3.1.3.1.5 category

The <category> element represents any category by which a topic might be classified for retrieval or navigation. For example, the categories could be used to group topics in a generated navigation bar. Topics can belong to multiple categories.

Such classifications are likely to come from an enumerated or hierarchical set.

This element is equivalent to both the Coverage element and the Subject element in Dublin Core.

Contains

Doctype

Content model

topic (base), map (base), classifyMap, subjectScheme, learningAssessment, learningBookmap, learningContent, learningMap, learningOverview, learningPlan, learningSummary

( text data or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or keyword or term) (any number)

topic (technical content), map (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, bookmap

( text data or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or keyword or apiname or option or parmname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or term or abbreviated-form) (any number)

machineryTask

( text data or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or keyword or wintitle or term) (any number)

Contained by

Doctype

Content model

topic (base), topic (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task (strict), task (general), machineryTask, learningAssessment, learningContent, learningOverview, learningPlan, learningSummary

metadata

map (base), map (technical content), classifyMap, subjectScheme, learningMap

metadata, topicmeta

bookmap, learningBookmap

metadata, topicmeta, bookmeta

Inheritance

- topic/category

Example
 <prolog>
  <metadata>
   <category>Things that are blue</category>
  </metadata>
 </prolog>
Attributes

Name

Description

Data Type

Default Value

Required?

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

A common attribute described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes

     

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Sibling Topics:

3.1.3.1.1 prolog

3.1.3.1.2 audience

3.1.3.1.3 author

3.1.3.1.4 brand

3.1.3.1.6 component

3.1.3.1.7 copyright

3.1.3.1.8 copyrholder

3.1.3.1.9 copyryear

3.1.3.1.10 created

3.1.3.1.11 critdates

3.1.3.1.12 featnum

3.1.3.1.13 keywords

3.1.3.1.14 metadata

3.1.3.1.15 othermeta

3.1.3.1.16 permissions

3.1.3.1.17 platform

3.1.3.1.18 prodinfo

3.1.3.1.19 prodname

3.1.3.1.20 prognum

3.1.3.1.21 publisher

3.1.3.1.22 resourceid

3.1.3.1.23 revised

3.1.3.1.24 series

3.1.3.1.25 source

3.1.3.1.26 vrmlist

3.1.3.1.27 vrm