category

The <category> element can represent any category by which a topic might be classified for retrieval or navigation; for example, the categories could be used to group topics in a generated navigation bar. Topics can belong to multiple categories.

Example

 <prolog>
  <metadata>
   <category>Things that are blue</category>
  </metadata>
 </prolog>

Contains

Doctype Content model
ditabase, topic, task, reference, concept ( text data or keyword or option or parmname or apiname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or term or data or data-about or foreign or unknown) (any number)
map, bookmap ( text data or keyword or term or data or data-about or foreign or unknown) (any number)

Contained by

Doctype Parents
ditabase, topic, task, concept, reference metadata
bookmap topicmeta, bookmeta
map topicmeta

Inheritance:

- topic/category

Attributes

Name Description Data Type Default Value Required?
%univ-atts; (%select-atts;, %id-atts;, %localization-atts;) A set of related attributes, described at %univ-atts; parameter entity PE not applicable Not applicable
%global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc) A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts; parameter entity PE not applicable Not applicable
class Common attribute described in Other common DITA attributes.      

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OASIS DITA Language Specification v1.1 -- Committee Draft 02, 8 May 2007
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