The <concept> element is the top-level element for a topic that answers the question "what is?" Concepts provide background information that users must know before they can successfully work with a product or interface. Often, a concept is an extended definition of a major abstraction such as a process or function. It might also have an example or a graphic, but generally the structure of a concept is fairly simple.
<concept id="concept"> <title>Introduction to Bird Calling</title> <shortdesc>If you wish to attract more birds to your Acme Bird Feeder, learn the art of bird calling. Bird calling is an efficient way to alert more birds to the presence of your bird feeder.</shortdesc> <conbody> <p>Bird calling requires learning:</p> <ul> <li>Popular and classical bird songs</li> <li>How to whistle like a bird</li> </ul> </conbody> </concept>
Doctype | Content model |
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ditabase | ( ( title) then ( titlealts) (optional) then ( shortdesc or abstract) (optional) then ( prolog) (optional) then ( conbody) (optional) then ( related-links) (optional) then ( topic or concept or task or reference or glossentry) (any number) ) |
concept | ( ( title) then ( titlealts) (optional) then ( shortdesc or abstract) (optional) then ( prolog) (optional) then ( conbody) (optional) then ( related-links) (optional) then ( concept) (any number) ) |
glossary | ( ( title) then ( titlealts) (optional) then ( shortdesc or abstract) (optional) then ( prolog) (optional) then ( conbody) (optional) then ( related-links) (optional) then ( topic) (any number) ) |
- topic/topic concept/concept
Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required? |
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id | This ID enables topics to be referenced uniquely by topicrefs in DITA maps. | ID | Yes | |
conref | This attribute is used to reference an ID on a topic that can be reused. See The conref attribute for examples and details about the syntax. | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No |
xmlns:ditaarch | Declares the default DITA namespace. | CDATA | #FIXED http://dita.oasis-open.org/architecture/2005/ | |
DITAArchVersion | Designates the version of the architecture that is in use. | CDATA | "1.1" (version dependent; will increase) | No |
domains | Indicates the specialized domains that are included in the DTD or Schema. | CDATA | (topic ui-d) (topic hi-d) (topic pr-d) (topic sw-d) (topic ut-d) (topic indexing-d) | No |
%select-atts; (props, base, platform, product, audience, otherprops, importance, rev, status) | A set of related attributes, described at %select-atts; | parameter entity | PE not applicable | Not applicable |
%localization-atts; (translate, xml:lang, dir) | A set of related attributes, described at %localization-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, outputclass | Common attributes 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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