3 Language Reference: Base edition
The language reference portion of the DITA specification contains a topic for each DITA element. The topic defines the element, its inheritance hierarchy, and provides examples of usage. This portion of the DITA specification also includes information about DITA attributes.
3.1 Base DITA elements, A to Z 3.2 Topic elements <p> and <ph> that are used in many topic specializations. Some of these elements are also available inside the <topicmeta> map element.3.3 Map elements <topicref> and <reltable>, as well as general purpose map specializations in the map group domain.3.4 Metadata elements <topicmeta> element (in maps) or <prolog> element (in topics), as well as indexing elements that can be placed in additional locations within topic content.3.5 Domain elements 3.6 Classification elements 3.7 Specialization elements <state>, can be used if your content makes use of these semantic distinctions. For example, a discussion of signals on a gate of an integrated logic circuit might use the <state> element to represent either on or off conditions of that gate.3.8 Legacy conversion elements 3.9 DITAVAL elements .ditaval .3.10 Attributes