The parameter (<param>) element specifies a set of values that may be required by an <object> at runtime. Any number of <param> elements may appear in the content of an object in any order, but must be placed at the start of the content of the enclosing object. This element is comparable to the XHMTL <param> element.
Doctype | Content model |
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ditabase, topic, task, reference, concept, glossary, map, bookmap | no content |
Doctype | Parents |
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bookmap, map, ditabase, topic, task, concept, reference, glossary | object |
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Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required? |
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name | The name of the parameter. | CDATA | #REQUIRED | Yes |
value | Specifies the value of a run-time parameter specified by the name attribute. | CDATA | #IMPLIED | No |
valuetype | Specifies the type of the value attribute. Allowed values are:
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CDATA | #IMPLIED | No |
type | This attribute specifies the content type of the resource designated by the value attribute only in the case where valuetype is set to "ref". This attribute specifies for the user agent the type of values that will be found at the URI designated by value. Note that this differs from the type attribute on many other DITA elements. | CDATA | #IMPLIED (No default type) | No |
%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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