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[Kristen Eberlein]

I want to wrap up the various e-mails on this thread. Is the following an accurate example of how keys are resolved? Example Assume that each map contains a different definition for the key named product . Contents of root map <? xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? > <! DOCTYPE map PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Map//EN" "map.dtd"> <map title = "Example of how keys resolve" > <mapref href = "map-one.ditamap" /> <mapref href = "map-two.ditamap" /> <topicref href= ”stuff.dita”> <topicref href = "widget-A.dita" keys = "product" /> </topicref> <topicref href= ”widget-C.dita” keys=”product” /> </map> Content of map-one.ditamap <? xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"? > <! DOCTYPE map PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Map//EN" "map.dtd"> <map title = "Submap one" > <mapref href = "map-three.ditamap" /> <keydef keys=”product” href= ”widget-B.dita”/> </map> Order in which keys take precedence 1. First key definition in the root map in document order . In this example, the key product is bound to widget-A.dita. 2. First key definition in map-one.ditamap. 3. First key definition in map-two.ditamap 4. First key definition in map-three.ditamap Basic principles · Within an individual DITA map, keys are resolved in document order. · When a root map contains sub maps, the maps are handled in breadth-first order. Best regards, Kris Kristen James Eberlein l DITA Architect and Technical Specialist l SDL Structured Content Technologies Division l (t) + 1 (919) 682-2290 l keberlein@sdl.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail