Common metadata elements

The following metadata elements occur in both maps and topic prologs.

Many of the DITA metadata elements map to Dublin Core metadata (http://dublincore.org/), with the exception of Dublin Core elements such as title, which maps to the DITA <title> element.

Publication metadata elements
These elements provide standard information about the topic as a publication.
Management metadata elements
These elements provide a basis for managing the publication process for topics.
Metadata qualification elements
These elements can be used to provide additional information about a topic, and may be used in conjunction with conditional processing attributes to provide more information about the attribute values.

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