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element <metadata>
Namespace:
Type:
anonymous complexType (extension of metadata.class)
Content:
complex, 17 attributes, 9 elements
Defined:
globally in topicMod.xsd; see XML source
Includes:
declaration of 1 attribute
Referenced:
Component Diagram
XML Representation Summary
<metadata
   
 = 
xs:string
 = 
xs:NMTOKEN
 = 
xs:string
 = 
xs:string
 = 
xs:string
 = 
xs:string
 = 
xs:string
 = 
xs:string
 = 
xs:string
 = 
xs:string
 = 
("obsolete" | "deprecated" | "optional" | "default" | "low" | "normal" | "high" | "recommended" | "required" | "urgent" | "-dita-use-conref-target")
 = 
("new" | "changed" | "deleted" | "unchanged" | "-dita-use-conref-target")
 = 
("yes" | "no" | "-dita-use-conref-target")
 = 
xs:language
 = 
xs:string
 = 
xs:string
 = 
xs:string : "- topic/metadata "
   
>
   
Content: 
</metadata>
Attributes:
Attribute
Type / Value
Default
Required?
Declared In
Description
xs:string
no
xs:NMTOKEN
no
xs:string
no
xs:string
no
xs:string
no
xs:string
no
xs:string
no
xs:string
no
xs:string
no
xs:string
no
importance-atts.class : ("obsolete" | "deprecated" | "optional" | "default" | "low" | "normal" | "high" | "recommended" | "required" | "urgent" | "-dita-use-conref-target")
no
status-atts.class : ("new" | "changed" | "deleted" | "unchanged" | "-dita-use-conref-target")
no
yesno-att.class : ("yes" | "no" | "-dita-use-conref-target")
no
xs:language
no
In due course, we should install the relevant ISO 2- and 3-letter codes as the enumerated possible values . . .
xs:string
no
xs:string
no
xs:string
"- topic/metadata "
no
The class attribute supports specialization. »
Content Element Model:
Component
Type / Value
Occurs
Nillable?
Declared In
Description
1..1
0..∞
no
The <audience> metadata element indicates, through the value of its type attribute, the intended audience for a topic. »
0..∞
no
The <category> element can represent any category by which a topic might be classified for retrieval or navigation; for example, the categories could be used to group topics in a generated navigation bar. »
0..∞
no
The <keywords> element contains a list of keyword entries (using indexterm or keyword markup) that can be used by a search engine.
0..∞
no
The <prodinfo> metadata element in the prolog contains information about the product or products that are the subject matter of the current topic.
0..∞
no
The <othermeta> element can be used to identify properties not otherwise included in <metadata> and assign name/content values to those properties. »
0..∞
  data
1..1
no
The <data> element represents a property within a DITA topic or map. »
1..1
no
The <data-about> element identifies the subject of a property when the subject isn't associated with the context in which the property is specified. »
1..1
no
The <foreign> element is an open extension that allows information architects to incorporate existing standard vocabularies for non-textual content. like MathML and SVG, as inline objects. »
1..1
no
The <unknown> element is an open extension that allows information architects to incorporate xml fragments that does not necessarily fit into an exisitng DITA use case. »
Description
The <metadata> section of the prolog contains information about a topic such as audience and product information. Metadata can be used by computational processes to select particular topics or to prepare search indexes or to customize navigation.
Related Components
Referenced By
Anonymous Type Detail
Type Derivation Tree
metadata.class (extension)


XML schema documentation generated with FlexDoc/XML 1.15 using FlexDoc/XML XSDDoc 3.5 template set. All XSD diagrams generated by FlexDoc/XML DiagramKit.