The <source> element contains a reference to a resource from which the present topic is derived, either completely or in part. The element can contain a description of the resource; the href reference can be a string or a URL that points to it.
<prolog> <source href="http://www.ibm.com">Somewhere, someplace</source> </prolog>
Doctype | Content model |
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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) |
Doctype | Parents |
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ditabase, topic, task, concept, reference | prolog |
bookmap | topicmeta, bookmeta |
map | topicmeta |
- topic/source
Name | Description | Data Type | Default Value | Required? |
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href | A pointer to the external resource from which the present resource is derived. The href attribute identifies the destination of the resource using conventional URL syntax. | CDATA | #IMPLIED | 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, keyref | 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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