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Lesson 1: Using conditions

Posted on 12.02.16

Advanced reuse in DITA Lesson 1: Using conditions
Objectives
  • Identify the four fundamental conditional attributes.
  • Apply the four fundamental conditional attributes.
  • Apply the rev attribute.
  • Create a ditaval file to filter and flag content.

This lesson shows how to use conditional filtering to create reusable topics.

Additional reading

DITA Specification, Conditional processing (profiling)

DITA Style Guide, Conditional processing concepts

DITA Style Guide, Condition (or select) attributes

DITA Style Guide, Filtering and flagging

DITA Style Guide, DITAVAL elements

Conditional content in DITA

Optimizing Content Reuse with DITA

Contributors
  • Simon Bate
  • Jake Campbell
  • Gretyl Kinsey
Lesson Content
0% Complete 0/7 Steps
Housekeeping and sample files
Review of basic reuse
Marking conditional elements
What can you filter?
The ditaval file
Flagging content
Best practices for conditions
Assessment for Using conditions
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