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