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rnavath1-Visitor
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May 8, 2014
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Arbortext& DITA Doctype customization

  • May 8, 2014
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Hi,

I am working in DITA +ARBORTEXT in client/server environment. When I connect arbortext with server all doctypes,DCF,ACL,FOSI files are downloading to local folder.

My question is when I update a DTD, is it necessary to update DCF,ACL,FOSI file to effect the changes in Arbortext Editor? Or it will update automatically?


Thanks,
Roopesh Navath
Software Dev Assoc Engineer
Dell | PG - Information Development, India (BDC)

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    GarethOakes16-Pearl
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    May 8, 2014
    Hi Roopesh,

    If I'm understanding your question correctly, you are asking if a DTD change requires updates to the other files in the doctypes folder?

    The answer to that question depends on the changes you are making to the DTD. If you are just adding an extra attribute with no special behaviour, then you shouldn't need to update the other files (possibly the FOSI if you need the attribute to do something in the printed output or on-screen display).

    If you are making a more substantial change to the DTD (adding/removing elements, modifying content models, etc.) then you will probably need to update the related files.

    In the case of DITA, there is a concept of a DITA specialization. If you use the specialization method to achieve your "DTD updates" then technically you do not need to change anything. In practice you often want to update the stylesheets to handle your specialization elements/attributes.

    Does that help?

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    rnavath1-VisitorAuthor
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    May 8, 2014
    Dell - Internal Use - Confidential
    HI,

    Thank you for the reply.

    I was trying to make optional tag to mandatory (removed question mark(?) from alt tag which is coming inside image tag). I am getting correct output in other editor (i.e <image><alt></alt></image>). When I insert image tag, alt tag is placing automatically in other editor. But in Arbortext Istill I need to insert manually.

    My doubt is Some style,or configuration file need a changes to make this done?.

    Could you please clarify me in this issue?
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    ebenton1-Visitor
    1-Visitor
    May 8, 2014
    You should have the "Insert required elements" checkbox checked in your Preferences/Edit dialog. If this is not checked, required elements will not be inserted automatically.
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    rnavath1-VisitorAuthor
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    May 8, 2014
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    "Insert required elements" option is already checked.

    My doubt is Doctype configuration file(DCF) or FOSI file need to update to get this required element to display correctly?

    Roopesh
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    ebenton1-Visitor
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    May 8, 2014
    Perhaps reading the Help topic: Inserting elements and text automatically will help. You can type help 7734 on the Arbortext command line.

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    rnavath1-VisitorAuthor
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    May 9, 2014
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    Hi Team,

    This is the answer I was expecting last some days. I think it will work for me. Once I get Arbortext Architect License I will try to implement this steps.

    Thanks,
    Roopesh
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