Re: <imagemap> not permitted in <fig> elements

[Robert Anderson <robert.dan.anderson@oracle.com>]

Hi Chris,

You will be able to use image maps inside of figures in DITA 2.0.

The current behavior is a side effect of how DITA domain specialization works. Image maps are specialized from the DITA <fig> element, which means they are allowed anywhere that <fig> itself can go -- and you cannot nest a figure inside of a figure.

In DITA 2.0 the image map definition has changed so that it is based on <div>, which means it will be allowed anywhere that <div> can go, including inside of <fig>.

Thanks,
Robert

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From: Chris Papademetrious <Christopher.Papademetrious@synopsys.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 1:46 PM
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Subject: [External] : [dita-comment] <imagemap> not permitted in <fig> elements

 

Hi OASIS DITA team!

 

<imagemap> elements are permitted as content in the following elements:

 

                Contained by (base topic): p, note, lq, li, itemgroup, dd, stentry, draft-comment, fn, entry, abstract, body, bodydiv, section, sectiondiv, example

 

but notably absent, <imagemap> is not permitted in <fig> elements. Is this omission accidental or intentional?

 

My writers want to create titled flow diagram figures, with <imagemap> links to flow-related topics. For now, they put <imagemap> elements in <p> elements (which are permitted in <fig> elements) but this is pretty kludgy and keeps me up at night if I think about it too much.

 

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