Hi Tarun,
The href behavior you are describing is correct. The @href value is only a
fallback value for instances where the key does not resolve; if the key
resolves, then the original @href value is never used. That is the primary
purpose of the keyref function.
Are there other attributes that cause concern?
Robert D Anderson
IBM Authoring Tools Development
Chief Architect, DITA Open Toolkit
From: Tarun Garg <>
To: "" <>
Date: 07/28/2010 07:06 AM
Subject: [dita] Attributes for topicrefs that use @keyref
The section “2.1.3.4.3.3 Processing key references”, mentions:
“The attributes that are common to a key definition element
and a key reference element using that key, other than the @keys and @id
attributes, are combined as for content references, including……..”
As I understand, I see concerns for other attributes that will get
combined/derived. Like if @href is derived from the key defining element,
then the fallback target of the topicref shall be lost… or in other words
the @href mentioned in key defining element shall get used as the fallback
in all the topicrefs referring to that key.
Regards,
Tarun Garg
