concept

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.

Example

<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>

Contains

Doctype	Content model
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) )

Contained by

Doctype	Parents
ditabase	dita, topic, concept, task, reference
concept	concept

Inheritance:

- topic/topic concept/concept

Attributes

Name	Description	Data Type	Default Value	Required?
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