Example: DITA map that references a subordinate map

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.3 Part 3: All-Inclusive Edition

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Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.3 Part 3: All-Inclusive Edition
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1.3
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OASIS DITA Technical Committee

This example illustrates how one map can reference a subordinate map using either mapref or the basic topicref element.

The following code sample illustrates how a DITA map can use the specialized mapref element to reference another DITA map:

<map>
  <title>DITA work at OASIS</title>
  <topicref href="oasis-dita-technical-committees.dita">
    <topicref href="dita_technical_committee.dita"/>
    <topicref href="dita_adoption_technical_committee.dita"/>
  </topicref>
  <mapref href="oasis-processes.ditamap"/>
  <!-- ... -->
</map>

The mapref element is a specialized topicref intended to make it easier to reference another map; use of mapref is not required for this task. This map also could be tagged in the following way:

<map>
  <title>DITA work at OASIS</title>
  <topicref href="oasis-dita-technical-committees.dita">
    <topicref href="dita_technical_committee.dita"/>
    <topicref href="dita_adoption_technical_committee.dita"/>
  </topicref>
<topicref href="oasis-processes.ditamap" format="ditamap"/>
<!-- ... -->
</map>

With either of the above examples, during processing, the map is resolved in the following way:

<map>
  <title>DITA work at OASIS</title>
  <topicref href="oasis-dita-technical-committees.dita">
    <topicref href="dita_technical_committee.dita"/>
    <topicref href="dita_adoption_technical_committee.dita"/>
  </topicref>
  <!-- Contents of the oasis-processes.ditamap file -->
  <topicref href="oasis-processes.dita">
    <!-- ... -->
  </topicref>
  <!-- ... -->
</map>