DITA Best Practices: A Roadmap for Writing, Editing, and Architecting in DITA (Frank Feng's Library) by Laura Bellamy & Michelle Carey & Jenifer Schlotfeldt

Author:Laura Bellamy & Michelle Carey & Jenifer Schlotfeldt
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: IBM Press
Published: 2012-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

Depending on your XML editor, the scope value might already be set for you based on the file extension in the href attribute of the <xref> element. For example, a reference to a DITA file might have the default value of “local” whereas a reference to an HTML file might have the default value of “external.”

Local Links

The majority of your links will probably be local links. Use the “local” scope for links to topics that are available in your set of topics.

External Links

When you create an external link in a topic or relationship table, set the scope attribute to “external,” and include the complete URL to the file or site that you’re linking to.

For example, if you want to include an inline link in a topic to the website of the fictional product Exprezzoh at http://www.exprezzoh.com, add an <xref> element and the following attribute values:

<xref href="http://www.ezprezzoh.com" scope="external"

format="html">www.ezprezzoh.com</xref>

The format value specifies the type of target content that you are linking to. For example, if you link to websites, specify “html” for the format attribute.

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