24.4.6 Assigning attributes
to DITA elements
You can apply attributes to a DITA block or inline
element by assigning attribute="value" pairs to the format mapped
to the element. The attributes you assign with configuration settings
apply to all instances of the element in question. Only those attributes
assigned to elements mapped from paragraph formats can be overridden
with markers.
The following are special cases:
- A value for the id attribute can be assigned
only with a DITAElemID marker.
- Attributes of <xref> elements require
different settings; see §24.9 Configuring cross references
and links for DITA.
- The outputclass attribute can
be assigned to the root element only with a DITATopicOutputclass
marker.
In this section:
§24.4.6.1
Specifying a value for the id attribute
§24.4.6.2
Including an id attribute in every element
§24.4.6.3
Specifying attribute values for the root element of a topic
§24.4.6.4
Specifying attribute values for a block element or parent
§24.4.6.5
Specifying attribute values for an inline element
§24.4.6.6
Providing outputclass attributes for all elements
See also:
§24.6
Specifying options for tables in DITA XML
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Parent Topic: 24.4 Configuring DITA elements
Sibling Topics:
24.4.1 Understanding
how DITA2Go delimits DITA elements
24.4.2 Treating
format names as DITA element names
24.4.3 Mapping
paragraph formats to DITA block elements
24.4.4 Mapping
character formats to DITA inline elements
24.4.5 Assigning
multiple typographic elements to a format
24.4.7 Preserving
whitespace in block elements