RE: [dita-comment] can we allow <ditavalref> at the top level of a <book

Hi Eric, Kris,

Outstanding, thank you!

In a related question, do you know if there’s a way to pull an entire bookmap into another bookmap, chapter structure and all? For example, I’d like to do something like

</mapresources>

</bookmap>

</mapresources>

</bookmap>

where product_A_B_shared.ditamap contains the entire bookmap structure (chapters, frontmatter, backmatter, glossary, etc.) I’d like to reference that entire shared bookmap structure, but with the DITAVAL conditions applied from a wrapper map. But I don’t see a “reference map in-place” element in the <bookmap> schema.

Our company has a number of similar-but-different books where the entire bookmap structure must be shared (to retain familiarity for customers transitioning between products).

Eventually I believe Oxygen’s support for DITA-OT project file contexts will enable this, but we’re waiting for some fixes. In the meantime, if there’s a way to reference bookmaps in their entirety from wrapper bookmaps (or maps??), this might provide an alternate solution.

Thanks again,

Chris

From: Kristen James Eberlein <kris@eberleinconsulting.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2020 11:22 AM
To: dita-comment@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [dita-comment] can we allow <ditavalref> at the top level of a <bookmap>?

Hi, Chris.

This will happen in DITA 2.0. It's approved and implemented.

Best,
Kris

Kristen James Eberlein
Chair, OASIS DITA Technical Committee
OASIS Distinguished Contributor
Principal consultant, Eberlein Consulting LLC
www.eberleinconsulting.com
+1 919 622-1501; kriseberlein (skype)

On 6/20/2020 11:00 PM, Chris Papademetrious wrote:

Hello all,

The <map> element allows a DITAVAL file to be intrinsically associated with the entirety of the map:

<map>

<ditavalref href="">

…

</map>

However, a <bookmap> does not allow <ditavalref> at the top level. It allows it within the various children (<frontmatter>, <chapter>, <appendix>, etc.) but that’s not the same thing.

A top-level <ditavalref> would allow us to intrinsically push a @product value down through the map, which would be useful because our bookmaps reference product-conditional topics. I’m aware we could assign <ditavalref> on <bookmap> children/descendants, or that we could use an external DITA-OT project file to make the association, but neither of these are a substitute for setting the @product value for the entire <bookmap> itself.

Can we please allow <ditaval> at the top level of a <bookmap>, the same as it is already allowed at the top level of a <map>?

Thanks!

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