How do I get keydef to support Italics?

[bfriesen]

We have a model name that has an Italicized letter in it. How do I get the keydef to support italics?

Thanks

Bryon

[GarethOakes]

You might need to provide an example of your problem, and why italics are not working.

[bfriesen]

The third line says M155E4, the E needs to be in italics. If I ctrl+I the letter, I get a A20294 Requested formating is not allowed in this context message at the bottom of the screen.

Thanks

BRyon

[ClayHelberg]

Hi Bryon--

I think your problem doesn't really have anything to do with keydefs, but rather it's because you're trying to insert inline formatting in a <keyword> element, where it is not allowed. You will probably either have to modify your schema, or live without italics in your keywords metadata.

--Clay

[bfriesen]

Thanks Clay, I have found this file smamap.mod, if I add the %univ-atts to the keyref should it work.

Bryon

=================================================== -->

<!--                    COMMON ATTLIST SETS                        -->

<!-- ============================================================= -->

<!-- Currently: same as topicref, minus @query -->

<!ENTITY % chapter-atts

            'navtitle   CDATA                             #IMPLIED

             href       CDATA                             #IMPLIED

             keyref     CDATA                             #IMPLIED

      %univ-atts;

             copy-to    CDATA                             #IMPLIED

             outputclass

                        CDATA                             #IMPLIED

             %topicref-atts;

             %univ-atts;'                                            >

[GarethOakes]

Hi Bryon,

Hacking the smamap definitions in this way may break DITA for you, and also means you now have to maintain a customized version of the SMA code and roll it out to all users. Specializing DITA properly is a little involved but does allow specializations to be portable. The process is documented here: http://www.xiruss.org/tutorials/dita-specialization/ (Element Domain Specialization is what allows new elements to be defined and "subclassed" from an ancestor element)

Unfortunately, making a definition of an element e.g. <keyword> more expansive like you would need to do is not permitted via specialization. You can only make definitions more restrictive. Do you have to use <keyword>? If not, try finding another element that is more appropriate for formatted text (keyword is intended for text strings only). For example <ph> allows ful formatting. This might be a good starting point: http://docs.oasis-open.org/dita/v1.2/os/spec/langref/topicmeta.html

Cheers,

Gareth

[rdiaz]

Hey Bryon,

Did adding the keyref to the entity work as you expected?

Let the Community know if any more is needed.  Thanks!