3.17.13.12 The @role and @otherrole attributes

Supported values for @role

Allowable values for the @role attribute are:

parent

Indicates a link to a topic that is a parent of the current topic.

child

Indicates a link to a direct child such as a directly nested or dependent topic.

sibling

Iindicates a link between two children of the same parent topic.

friend

Indicates a link to a similar topic that is not necessarily part of the same hierarchy.

next

Indicates a link to the next topic in a sequence.

previous

Indicates a link to the previous topic in a sequence.

cousin

Indicates a link to another topic in the same hierarchy that is not a parent, child, sibling, next, or previous.

ancestor

Indicates a link to a topic above the parent topic.

descendant

Indicates a link to a topic below a child topic.

sample

Deprecated.

external

Deprecated--use the scope="external" attribute to indicate external links.

other

Indicates any other kind of relationship or role. Enter that role as the value for the @otherrole attribute.

-dita-use-conref-target

See Using the -dita-use-conref-target value for more information.

The @otherrole attribute is available to specify an alternate role that is not available in the list above, and should be used in conjunction with role="other".