RE: [dita] Conref push of different content to the same topic in different contexts

["Bruce Nevin (bnevin)" <bnevin@cisco.com>]

Does it have to be the ultimate root map, or can the governing map be a
submap? 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eliot Kimber [mailto:ekimber@reallysi.com] 
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:30 AM
> To: dita
> Subject: [dita] Conref push of different content to the same 
> topic in different contexts
> 
> I'm pretty sure the answer is "no" based on my understanding 
> of the feature, but I wanted to confirm that one cannot use 
> conref push to impose different elements onto the same topic 
> used in different places within the same map.
> 
> The question was asked today on the DITA users list how to 
> have a topic used in four chapters of a single manual where 
> the topic differed only a couple of details. 
> 
> Because in this case it's a single publication (single root 
> map), you cannot use keys to get different results and a 
> conref push likewise points from the pusher to exactly one pushee.
> 
> If my analysis is correct, it suggests there might be a 
> useful feature for
> 1.3 consideration to enable associating a pushing topic with 
> a target topic in a use-specific way, perhaps a new attribute 
> on topicref or something.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> E.
> 
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