Prolog (metadata) elements

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.2

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Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.2

The prolog elements represent the metadata associated with a document. Most of the metadata in a topic prolog can also be authored in a DITA map, in the map's <topicmeta> element.

The primary types of information that you can store in the prolog include:

  • author
  • copyright information
  • critical tracking dates
  • permissions for use/management of the content
  • key words and index terms related to the topic
  • extensive metadata about the content of the document
  • a resourceid that allows a topic to be associated with external resources such as linking to programming components as contextual help