25.1.5 Providing navigation aids in ditamaps

To add navigation elements to the map entry for a topic, insert PI markers in the <title> paragraph of the topic. Table 25-1 shows the content and placement of the navigation element for each PI marker type.

Table 25-1 DITA map navigation elements from PI markers

PI marker type

Marker content

Map element

Map placement

DITAAnchor

id attribute

<anchor>

After the <topicref> of the topic

DITANavref

mapref attribute

<navref>

After the <topicref> of the topic

DITAMapref

href attribute

<topicref>

After the <topicref> of the topic

DITALinkText

text for the link

<linktext>

In the map <topicmeta>

The content of a DITAMapref PI marker should be a map file name. DITA2Go sets the format attribute of the resulting <topicref> element to "ditamap".

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Sibling Topics:

25.1.1 Specifying options for ditamaps

25.1.2 Specifying topic levels in ditamaps

25.1.3 Specifying roles for topics in ditamaps

25.1.4 Adding relationship tables to ditamaps

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