Elements that are contained within <topicmeta>
or
<metadata>
elements follow the same rules for cascading from map
to map as the rules that apply within a single DITA map.
For a complete list of which elements cascade within a map, see the column "Does it cascade to child <topicref>
elements?" in the topic
Reconciling topic and map metadata elements.
For example, consider the following code examples:
<map> <topicref href="a.ditamap" format="ditamap"> <topicmeta> <shortdesc>This map contains information about Acme defects.</shortdesc> </topicmeta> </topicref> <topicref href="b.ditamap" format="ditamap"> <topicmeta> <audience type="programmer"/> </topicmeta> </topicref> <mapref href="c.ditamap" format="ditamap"/> <mapref href="d.ditamap" format="ditamap"/> </map>
<map> <topicmeta> <audience type="writer"/> </topicmeta> <topicref href="b-1.dita"/> <topicref href="b-2.dita"/> </map>
<shortdesc>
element does not cascade, it
does not apply to the DITA topics that are referenced in
a.ditamap.<audience>
element cascades, the
<audience>
element in the reference to
b.ditamap combines with the
<audience>
element that is specified at the top
level of b.ditamap. The result is that the
b-1.dita topic and b-2.dita
topic are processed as though hey each contained the following child
<topicmeta>
element:<topicmeta> <audience type="programmer"/> <audience type="writer"/> </topicmeta>
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